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Availability of Adequately Iodized Dietary Salt and Associated Factors in a Town of Southeast Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Survey [PDF]

Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2020
Background. Iodine deficiency is the world’s major cause of preventable intellectual impairment, and nearly 2 billion people are at risk of iodine deficiency worldwide.
Gadisa Fitala Obssie, Kassahun Ketema, Yohannes Tekalegn   +2 more
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Knowledge and practice of iodized salt utilization among reproductive women in Addis Ababa City [PDF]

BMC Research Notes, 2018
Objective The objective of this study was to assess knowledge and practice of iodized salt utilization among reproductive women in Addis Ababa city. A cross-sectional study was carried out on 549 households.
Meseret Mamo Bazezew, Walelegn Worku Yallew, Aysheshim kassahun Belew   +2 more
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Knowledge, Practice, and Availability of Iodized Salt and Associated Factors in Jibat Woreda, West Shoa Zone, Ethiopia

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, Badasa Tamiru, Meseret Belete Fite   +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

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, Jiangang Wang, Zhihen Chen, Min Ma, Changwei Lin, Qingnan He, Mingzhu Ye   +6 more
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Strengthening the strategy to sustain optimal iodine status in the Republic of Moldova: Assessing the use of iodized salt in industrially processed foods.

PLoS ONE, 2023
BackgroundAlthough national legislation in the Republic of Moldova includes the use of iodized salt in processed food industry as well as household (cooking and table) salt, little is known of the actual use of iodized salt in the food industry and its ...
Ion Salaru, Daniela Demiscan, Lilia Turcan   +2 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

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, Mohammad Rahanur Alam, Susmita Ghosh, Tanjina Rahman, Sompa Reza, Sumaiya Mamun   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Knowledge and practices of iodized salt utilization, health consequences, and iodine concentration on dietary salts at retailer and households in Jigjiga town, Somali, Ethiopia

Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2021
To warrant adequate supplementation of iodine at the consumer level, monitoring and evaluating the concentration of iodine in salt is an essential element of a programme to eliminate iodine deficiencies.
Anbissa Muleta Senbeta, Firew Tafesse Mamo, Beruk Berhanu Desalegn, Alemneh Kabita Daba   +3 more
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Pre‐pregnancy iodized salt improved children's cognitive development in randomized trial in Ethiopia [PDF]

Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2020
The overarching Ethiopia project examined the effects of early market introduction of iodized salt on the growth and mental development of young children.
Husein Mohammed, Grace S. Marquis, Frances E. Aboud, Karim Bougma, Aregash Samuel   +4 more
openalex   +2 more sources

Iodine Content of Salt in Retail Shops and Retailers’ Knowledge on Iodized Salt in Wa East District, Upper West Region, Ghana

Journal of Food Quality, 2020
Background. There are laws to enforce the universal iodization of salt to check the consequences of iodine deficiency in Ghana. These laws are to ensure that there are production and sales of iodized salt in the country.
Prince Kubi Appiah, Georgina Agartha Fenu, Francis Wadga-Mieza Yankey   +2 more
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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

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, Adugnaw Zeleke Alem, Getayeneh Antehunegn Tesema, Achamyeleh Birhanu Teshale, Alemneh Mekuriaw Liyew, Ayenew Kassie Tesema   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources