Remaining Challenges in Tanzania's Efforts to Eliminate Iodine Deficiency. [PDF]
, 2007 To determine iodine levels in salt and iodine deficiency prevalence in school-aged children in 16 districts in Tanzania with previous severe iodine deficiency. A cross-sectional study in schoolchildren.
Aghini-Lombardi +23 more
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Iodine Status and Prevalence of Goitre in School Going Children in Rural Area [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014 Introduction: Iodine deficiency disorder (IDD) is one of the preventable major public health problems in India. It has been always thought that goitre was only found in the Himalayan goitre belt.
Sridhar P.V, Kamala C.S
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Iodine Intake and Thyroid Function in Pregnant Women in a Private Clinical Practice in Northwestern Sydney before Mandatory Fortification of Bread with Iodised Salt. [PDF]
J Thyroid Res, 2012 Blumenthal N, Byth K, Eastman CJ.
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What is the availability of iodised salt in supermarkets on the Island of Ireland? [PDF]
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2019 Iodine deficiency remains a global nutritional public health challenge, with evidence suggesting borderline adequate or even deficient status for UK and Irish subpopulations such as schoolgirls and pregnant women. The solution, according to the WHO, is salt iodisation, but it is not known how widely available iodised salt is in supermarkets.
Mark Shaw +9 more
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Evaluation of Goitre and its Sociodemographic Risk Factors among Rural School Children of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, India [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018 Introduction: Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDDs) are one of the most important disorders of childhood affecting the brain development. It is marked by a diffuse enlargement of the thyroid gland, known as goiter.
AS Anusha +3 more
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Archives of Public Health, 2021 Background Strategies to reduce salt intake are encouraged to be implemented in parallel with those that aim to ensure iodine adequacy at the population level.
Georgios Marakis +15 more
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Journal of Medical Evidence, 2022 Background: Iodine deficiency is a major public health problem, which leads to impaired neurodevelopment, particularly in early life and is the single most preventable cause of mental retardation and brain damage in children and fortunately, it is ...
Ramachandra Kamath +4 more
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Contemporary challenges to iodine status and nutrition: the role of foods, dietary recommendations, fortification and supplementation [PDF]
, 2018 Iodine deficiency (ID) in women of childbearing age remains a global public health concern, mainly through its impact on fetal and infant neurodevelopment.
Bouga, M., Combet, E., Lean, M.E.J.
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Iron deficiency up-regulates iron absorption from ferrous sulphate but not ferric pyrophosphate and consequently food fortification with ferrous sulphate has relatively greater efficacy in iron-deficient individuals [PDF]
, 2011 Fe absorption from water-soluble forms of Fe is inversely proportional to Fe status in humans. Whether this is true for poorly soluble Fe compounds is uncertain.
Biebinger, R. +4 more
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