Healthy People 2010 Goal Used in Modeling

16-16a. Consumption of at least 400 μg of folic acid each day from fortified foods or dietary supplements by nonpregnant women aged 15 to 44 years

• Target: 80 percent.
• Baseline: 21 percent of women of childbearing age consumed 400 μg or more daily in 1991-1994.
• Target setting method: Better than the best.
• Data source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS.
• Reference: Healthy People 2010 Operational Definition

This Healthy People 2010 objective is clearly not aimed at colorectal cancer prevention, but we used it as a surrogate for multivitamin use, which has been shown to have a beneficial effect for CRC.