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Prevalence of adequately iodised salt and associated factors among households in Gambela district, Southwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

BMJ Public Health, 2023
Background Iodine deficiency disorders (IDDs) are among the major public health problems for populations worldwide. Although the recommended strategy for the prevention of IDD is universal salt iodisation, little is known about the availability of ...
Getamesay Aynalem Tesfaye, Ebissa Negera Gemechu, Fentaneh Teshome Chanie, Abdella Yasin Umer   +3 more
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An assessment of Individual, community and state-level factors associated with inadequate iodised salt consumption among pregnant and lactating women in Nigeria [PDF]

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
Background Iodine deficiency is the most common cause of thyroid disease, and in its severe form can result in cretinism; the impairment of the brain development of a child.
Yusuf Olushola Kareem, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Roberta Mensima Amoah, Oyelola A Adegboye, Sanni Yaya   +4 more
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Introduction to the programme guidance for the use of iodised salt in processed foods and its pilot implementation, strengthening strategies to improve iodine status. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2023
Efforts to achieve optimal iodine intake through salt iodisation have focussed primarily on iodisation of household salt. However, there is strong evidence that in most regions of the world, industrially processed foods and condiments are an increasingly
Jacky Knowles, Karen Codling, Robin Houston, Jonathan Gorstein   +3 more
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Iodine status of children and knowledge, attitude, practice of iodised salt use in a remote community in Kerema district, Gulf province, Papua New Guinea. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Iodine deficiency is the single most common cause of preventable mental impairment in communities with suboptimal iodine intake. Objective of the present study was to assess in more detail the iodine status and knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP ...
Janny M Goris, Victor J Temple, Nienke Zomerdijk, Karen Codling   +3 more
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Knowledge and awareness about and use of iodised salt among students in Germany and Greece [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Iodine is an essential trace element, which is important for human metabolism, growth and mental development. Iodine deficiency may still occur in Europe and the use of iodised salt is an effective measure to enhance iodine intake.
Katharina Heimberg, Annett Martin, Anke Ehlers, Anke Weißenborn, Karen Ildico Hirsch-Ernst, Cornelia Weikert, Britta Nagl, Antonios Katsioulis, Lamprini Kontopoulou, Georgios Marakis   +9 more
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Increasing Awareness and Use of Iodised Salt in a Marginalised Community Setting in North-West Pakistan. [PDF]

Nutrients, 2015
Iodine deficiency is still prevalent in parts of Pakistan, despite the introduction of a national Iodine Deficiency Disorder Control Programme in 1994.
Lowe N, Westaway E, Munir A, Tahir S, Dykes F, Lhussier M, McKeown M, Zimmerman M, Andersson M, Stinca S, Zaman M.   +10 more
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Prevalence and determinants of goitre among children of South Kordofan state, Sudan, 2021: an urgent need for effective implementation of universal salt iodisation [PDF]

Public Health Nutrition, 2023
Objective: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and determinants of goitre among children aged 6–12 years at South Kordofan state. Design: This was a cross-sectional facility-based study. Setting: The study was conducted in twenty villages of
Azza Elfadil Abdalla, Anfal Mahmoud Altahir, Elfatih A. Hasabo, Salma Salah Alrawa, Amna Mutasim Elazrag, Hayat Abdoallah Ahmed, Hiba Abubakr Ali, Ibrahim Mysara Abdelrazig, Mohamed Yaser Ahmed, Mohamed Alsiddig Alagib, Musab Mohammed Siddig, Rofida Salah Asmally, Salma Mohamed Mohamedelrasheed, Walaa Abdulgadir Elnaiem, Elfatih Mohammed Malik   +14 more
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Improvement of serum folate status in the US women of reproductive age with fortified iodised salt with folic acid (FISFA study) [PDF]

Public Health Nutrition
Objective: Mandatory folic acid fortification of enriched grains has reduced neural tube defect prevalence in several countries. We examined salt as an additional vehicle for folic acid fortification.
Anastasia Arynchyna-Smith, Alexander N Arynchyn, Vijaya Kancherla, Kenneth Anselmi, Inmaculada Aban, Ron C Hoogeveen, Lyn M Steffen, David J Becker, Andrzej Kulczycki, Waldemar A Carlo, Jeffrey P Blount   +10 more
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Modelling the contribution of iodised salt in industrially processed foods to iodine intake in Macedonia. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2022
Evidence from the 1950s showed that Macedonia was iodine deficient. After the introduction of mandatory universal salt iodisation, the country saw a steady increase in iodine intake and decline in goitre prevalence, earning iodine-deficiency free status ...
Neda Milevska-Kostova, Borislav Karanfilski, Jacky Knowles, Karen Codling, John H Lazarus   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Availability of adequately iodised salt at household level and its associated factors in Robe town, Bale Zone, South East Ethiopia: community-based cross-sectional study [PDF]

The South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2020
Background: Iodine is a micronutrient required by the body in small amounts to prevent iodine deficiency disorder (IDD), which is a global public health concern. There were no specific data at household level of adequately iodised salt in the study area.
Nagasa Dida, Abiyot Legese, Abdurhim Aman, Bilkisa Muhamed, Teshome Damise, Tizita Birhanu, Sintayehu Hailu, Jiregna Darega, Bedasa Woldamichael, Eshetu Gadisa   +9 more
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