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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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Knowledge Regarding Benefits of Iodized Salt and Salt Preservation Practices among Home Makers of Selected Households at Kolar

Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, 2022
Background: Iodine is an essential constituent for thyroid function & necessary for normal growth, development, and well-being of all humans. And as per literatures, gap in the consumption of adequately iodized salt in community rural areas due ...
R Vani, G M Rachana , B Reshma , Raveena Sivadas, Rosna Roy   +4 more
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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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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
doaj   +1 more source

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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Adequately iodized salt availability and associated factors in Gambela

, 2022
Background: Iodine deficiency disorders (IDDs) are among the major public health problems for populations all over the world. Pregnant women, lactating women, women of reproductive age, and children younger than 3 years of age are vulnerable to IDDs. Aim:
Aynalem, G (via Mendeley Data), Aynalem, Getamesay   +1 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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Iodized Salt Sales in the United States

, 2015
Iodized salt has been an important source of dietary iodine, a trace element important for regulating human growth, development, and metabolic functions. This analysis identified iodized table salt sales as a percentage of retail salt sales using Nielsen
Jessica Barron, Cria Perrine, Janelle Gunn, Keming Yuan, Joyce Maalouf, Mary Cogswell   +5 more
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