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HEALTH

Vitamin B12 and folate: who runs short

Vitamin B12 or folate deficiency affects around 1 in 10 people aged 75 or over, the NHS says, and the most common cause of B12 deficiency in the UK is not diet.

Whitehall Minute
Four boiled eggs standing in small pastel egg cups on a gold-coloured table, with a plate of sliced tomato and cucumber in the foreground