Iodised salt has yet to reach the rural poor of India
Journal of Nutrition & Intermediary Metabolism, 2014 A.K. Subasinghe +6 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 +3 more
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Iodine: a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023 [PDF]
Food & Nutrition Research, 2023 Iodine is essential for the synthesis of the thyroid hormones thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). As in many other parts of the world, insufficient iodine intake and consequently insufficient iodine status is a public health challenge in the Nordic
Ingibjörg Gunnarsdóttir +1 more
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Protocol for a community-based, household-randomised, dose–response trial to assess the acceptability, nutritional effects and safety of double-fortified salt containing iodine and folic acid compared with iodised salt among non-pregnant Ethiopian women of reproductive age (DFS-IoFA) [PDF]
BMJ OpenIntroduction The prevalence of neural tube defects (NTDs) is higher in Ethiopia than most other countries, and ~84% of Ethiopian women of reproductive age (WRA) have folate insufficiency, a major risk factor for NTDs.
Christine M McDonald +11 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 +14 more
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Iodine nutrition status among schoolchildren after salt iodisation [PDF]
Ceylon Medical Journal, 2009 Earlier studies done in Sri Lanka have indicated the importance of iodine deficiency as a public health problem. The universal salt iodisation programme has been implemented since 1995. The goals of salt iodisation are reduction of the goitre rate to 90% of households using iodised salt.To estimate the goitre prevalence, the urinary iodine level, and ...
Renuka Jayatissa +2 more
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ADEQUACY OF IODISED SALT FOR GOITER PREVENTION* [PDF]
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1941 FOLLOWING THE DEMONSTRATION (1) that colloid goiter could be prevented or cured by use of small doses of iodine given during childhood and adolescence there arose a suspicion that universal use of iodine by the population in the ‘goiter belt’ might be dangerous.
Elmer L. Sevringhaus, James H. Barbour
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Understanding communication pathways to foster community engagement for health improvement in North West Pakistan [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2016 Background This paper describes the community engagement process undertaken to ascertain the focus, development and implementation of an intervention to improve iodised salt consumption in rural communities in North West Pakistan.
Monique Lhussier +7 more
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IODISED SALT AND ARMED FORCES [PDF]
Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 2000 Shishir Gokhale
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Should both iodised and non-iodised salt be made available in Chinese cities? A cross-sectional survey. [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2014 ObjectiveTo contribute evidence relevant to the policy of supplying iodised salt (IS), non-iodised salt (NIS) or both in Chinese cities.DesignSubnational telephone interview survey.SettingChina.ParticipantsTotally, 24 557 telephone numbers were dialled and 4833 citizens accepted the telephone interview.
Yu J, Liu P, Liu Y, Liu SJ, Sun DJ.
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