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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 Open
Introduction 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.
Brown KH, Tessema M, McDonald CM, Agbemafle I, Woldeyohannes M, Fereja M, Nane D, Arnold CD, Waka FC, Tesfaye B, Arabi M, Martinez H.   +11 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

High national and sub-national coverage of iodised salt in India: evidence from the first National Iodine and Salt Intake Survey (NISI) 2014-2015. [PDF]

Public Health Nutr, 2018
Objective The National Iodine and Salt Intake Survey (NISI) 2014–2015 was undertaken to estimate household iodised salt coverage at national and sub-national levels in India.
Pandav CS, Yadav K, Salve HR, Kumar R, Goel AD, Chakrabarty A.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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 ...
Goris JM, Temple VJ, Zomerdijk N, Codling K.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Iodine Status and Iodised Salt Consumption in Portuguese School-Aged Children: The Iogeneration Study. [PDF]

Nutrients, 2017
The World Health Organization promotes salt iodisation to control iodine deficiency. In Portugal, the use of iodised salt in school canteens has been mandatory since 2013.
Costa Leite J, Keating E, Pestana D, Cruz Fernandes V, Maia ML, Norberto S, Pinto E, Moreira-Rosário A, Sintra D, Moreira B, Costa A, Silva S, Costa V, Martins I, Castro Mendes F, Queirós P, Peixoto B, Carlos Caldas J, Guerra A, Fontoura M, Leal S, Moreira R, Palmares Carvalho I, Matias Lima R, Martins C, Delerue-Matos C, Almeida A, Azevedo L, Calhau C.   +28 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Impact of stopping the use of iron fortified iodised salt on Hb levels

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, 2023
Background: Research studies have shown that use of iron fortified iodised salt (DFS) improved Hb in women, children and men. There are no publications on impact of stopping DFS on Hb levels.
K. Prabhakar, H. Kumari, K. Kalaivani, P. Ramachandran   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Adequate Iodine Status in New Zealand School Children Post-Fortification of Bread with Iodised Salt. [PDF]

Nutrients, 2016
Iodine deficiency re-emerged in New Zealand in the 1990s, prompting the mandatory fortification of bread with iodised salt from 2009. This study aimed to determine the iodine status of New Zealand children when the fortification of bread was well ...
Jones E, McLean R, Davies B, Hawkins R, Meiklejohn E, Ma ZF, Skeaff S.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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
europepmc   +2 more sources

Iodised salt and iodine supplements for prenatal and postnatal growth: a rapid scoping of existing systematic reviews. [PDF]

Nutr J, 2015
BackgroundIodine deficiency can adversely affect child development including stunted growth. However, the effect of iodine supplementation or fortification on prenatal and postnatal growth in children (
Farebrother J, Naude CE, Nicol L, Andersson M, Zimmermann MB.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Systematic review of the effects of iodised salt and iodine supplements on prenatal and postnatal growth: study protocol. [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2015
Introduction Iodine is an essential micronutrient and component of the thyroid hormones. Sufficient ingestion of iodine is necessary for normal growth and development. If iodine requirements are not met, growth can be impaired.
Farebrother J, Naude CE, Nicol L, Sang Z, Yang Z, Andersson M, Jooste PL, Zimmermann MB.   +7 more
europepmc   +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

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, B. Muhamed, Teshome Damise, Tizita Birhanu, Sintayehu Hailu, Jiregna Darega, Bedasa Woldamichael, E. Gadisa   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source