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Article: CAUSING A CHAIN REACTION
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- Sun Publications (IL)
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- November 11, 1998
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Stephanie Hoover didn't realize the choices she makes now as a teen-ager can impact her plans for motherhood years down the road.
"I never thought about it, but you have to start planning now," said Stephanie, a junior at Neuqua Valley High School.
Stephanie is eating a lot more broccoli these days because the leafy green vegetable is high in folic acid, a form of vitamin B that promotes cell reproduction.
"All women of child-bearing age should take it, even men," Stephanie said. "If you're eating just chips, you're not going to get all you need."
A volunteer walk she took part in this spring with the Neuqua Valley student council marked the beginning of her growing awareness.
That March ...