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Availability of adequately iodized in Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Archives of Public Health, 2017
Background Universal salt iodization is the most cost-effective, safe and sustainable strategy to eliminate iodine deficiency disorders. However, little is known about the availability of adequately iodized salt in the northwestern part of Ethiopia. Thus,
Zegeye Abebe, Amare Tariku, Ejigu Gebeye
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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

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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Assessment of household use of iodized salt and adequacy of salt iodization: a cross-sectional National Study in Saudi Arabia

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, Hassan K. Haridi, Bushra M. Al-Bashir, Ali M. AL-Shangiti, Sulaiman N. Al-Shehri, Izzeldin Hussein   +5 more
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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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Assessment of the contribution of industrially processed foods to salt and iodine intake in Thailand.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Iodization of food grade salt has been mandated in Thailand since 1994. Currently, processed food consumption is increasing, triggered by higher income, urbanization, and lifestyle changes, which affects the source of salt and potentially iodized salt ...
Saipin Chotivichien, Nuntaya Chongchaithet, Pattamaporn Aksornchu, Nuntachit Boonmongkol, Pattama Duangmusik, Jacky Knowles, Sangsom Sinawat   +6 more
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Determination of the content of iodine, iodides and iodates in food products [PDF]

Известия Саратовского университета. Новая серия: Серия Химия. Биология. Экология, 2022
Currently iodine defi ciency diseases are one of the most important medical and social problems. In this regard, the purpose of the study is to determine the content of iodine, iodides, iodates in iodized salt, drinking and mineral water, seaweed, to ...
Markova, Ekaterina Олеговна, Nekrasov, Dmitry A., Dyakov, Michael Yu., Danilo, Arkady A.   +3 more
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Iodine Content of Salt Use after Years of Universal Iodization Policy and Knowledge on Iodized Salt among Households in the Sissala East Municipality in Upper West Region of Ghana

Journal of Food Quality, 2020
Background. Iodine deficiency is a global public health concern as it leads to inadequate production of thyroid hormone in the body, causing too many destructive consequences on the roles and functions of different human organs and muscles including ...
Prince Kubi Appiah, Clement Tiimim Yanbom, Martin Amogre Ayanore, Alex Bapula   +3 more
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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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Successful Start of Salt Iodization in Laos [PDF]

Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 1999
An assessment of the severity of iodine-deficiency disorders and of the iodized salt programme in Laos was undertaken in 1996 through a field study among 957 schoolchildren in seven schools of different regions in Laos. Urinary iodine concentrations in 225 samples were remarkably lower in schools from the north than in those from the south, a finding ...
Coppens, M, Phanlavong, A., Keomoungkhoune, I., Tri Dung, N., Gutekunst, Rainer, Venkatesh Mannar, M.G., Thilly, Claude Hector   +6 more
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Household use of iodized salt in rural area

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2016
Background: Iodine deficiency is the world′s single greatest cause of preventable mental retardation. In developing countries, only 69% of households are consuming iodized salt. Objective: To assess knowledge and practices with respect to the current use
Rupali Roy, Manish Chaturvedi, Deepika Agrawal, Haroon Ali   +3 more
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