Knowledge, Practice, and Availability of Iodized Salt and Associated Factors in Jibat Woreda, West Shoa Zone, Ethiopia [PDF]
International Journal of Food Science, 2021 Appropriate knowledge, practice, and availability of iodized salt are used to eliminate iodine deficiency disorders. However, little is known about the availability of adequately iodized salt in the western part of Ethiopia.
Habtamu Fekadu Gemede +2 more
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Analysis of the correlation between high iodized salt intake and the risk of thyroid nodules: a large retrospective study [PDF]
BMC Cancer, 2021 Background Currently, whether daily excess iodized salt intake increases the risk of thyroid nodules and even thyroid cancer remains controversial. Our research group aimed to provide a theoretical basis for the clinical guidance of daily iodized salt ...
Yaohui Wang +6 more
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Impact of knowledge, attitude, and practice on iodized salt consumption at the household level in selected coastal regions of Bangladesh [PDF]
Heliyon, 2021 Background: Iodine deficiency disorder is one of the major hidden hunger for poverty-stricken coastal rural areas of Bangladesh. Despite various programs, including universal salt iodization, IDD is significantly persistent due to poverty, inadequate ...
Mohammad Asadul Habib +5 more
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Availability of adequately iodized salt at the household level in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 BackgroundIodine deficiency disorder (IDD) is a global, regional, and national public health problem that is preventable. Universal salt iodization is a worldwide accepted strategy to prevent IDD. The level of iodine in the salt should be adequate at the
Alehegn Aderaw Alamneh +7 more
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The Double-Fortified Salt (Iodized Salt with Iron) Consultation: A Process for Developing Evidence-Based Considerations for Countries. [PDF]
J Nutr, 2021 The addition of iodine to edible salt has been one of the most important public health successes of the past half century, enabling most countries to achieve optimal iodine intake and protect the brains of unborn children from the adverse consequences of
Houston R, Tsang BL, Gorstein J.
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Spatial distribution and determinants of household iodized salt utilization in Ethiopia: a spatial and multilevel analysis of Ethiopian demographic and Health survey [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2020 Background Iodine deficiency disorder is a significant public health problem, affecting both developed and developing nations worldwide. It is associated with poor body growth and irreversible mental retardation.
Yigizie Yeshaw +5 more
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Iodine level concentration, coverage of adequately iodized salt consumption and factors affecting proper iodized salt utilization among households in North Ethiopia: a community based cross sectional study [PDF]
BMC Nutrition, 2019 Introduction Adequate iodine fortified salt is the most common and effective method of preventing iodine deficiency. Studies showed households using iodized salt (15 Parts Per Million (PPM) to 80 PPM) of iodine at household level were low in Tigray ...
Abraham Aregay Desta +4 more
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Assessment of household use of iodized salt and adequacy of salt iodization: a cross-sectional National Study in Saudi Arabia [PDF]
Nutrition Journal, 2018 Objectives This study was conducted to assess household coverage with iodized salt in Saudi Arabia, and to determine adequacy of salt iodization. Methods A school-based cross-sectional study using WHO 30-cluster survey methodology.
Mushary H. Al-Dakheel +5 more
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GLOBAL ENDOCRINOLOGY: Global perspectives in endocrinology: coverage of iodized salt programs and iodine status in 2020. [PDF]
Eur J Endocrinol, 2021 Iodine deficiency has multiple adverse effects on growth and development. Diets in many countries cannot provide adequate iodine without iodine fortification of salt.
Zimmermann MB, Andersson M.
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Iodine Intake from Food and Iodized Salt as Related to Dietary Salt Consumption in the Italian Adult General Population. [PDF]
Nutrients, 2021 Since the Italian iodoprophylaxis strategy is based on the use of iodized salt, we assessed the relationship between dietary salt consumption and iodine intake in the Italian adult population.
Iacone R +16 more
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