Dietary Iodine: Why are so Many Mothers not Getting Enough?
نویسنده
چکیده
Fortification of foods such as salt has been shown to be an effective way to ensure pregnant women get adequate iodine, a critical nutrient for proper brain growth. But dietary and food production shifts in the past few decades have resulted in dramatically decreased population levels of iodine, with potentially devastating effects for babies of iodine-deficient mothers.
منابع مشابه
Iodine nutrition of pregnant and lactating women in Hong Kong, where intake is of borderline sufficiency.
OBJECTIVE To describe the iodine nutrition of pregnant and lactating women in Hong Kong, where intake is of borderline sufficiency. DESIGN Review of cross-sectional and prospective studies. SETTING China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR). SUBJECTS Pregnant and lactating women. RESULTS Studies of pregnant women in Hong Kong SAR have revealed an increase in the urinary iodine...
متن کاملDietary supplements for the lactating mother: influence on the trace element content of milk.
Milk production is a complex process where nutritional factors interact with structural hormonal and behavioural influences. In recent years important advances have been made in understanding the role of the nutritional status of lactating women on the outcome of breastfeeding. Many questions remain unanswered about the exact requirement of trace elements for lactating mothers. The effect of di...
متن کاملIodine Deficiency in Pregnancy: The Effect on Neurodevelopment in the Child
Iodine is an integral part of the thyroid hormones, thyroxine (T(4)) and tri-iodothyronine (T(3)), necessary for normal growth and development. An adequate supply of cerebral T(3), generated in the fetal brain from maternal free T(4) (fT(4)), is needed by the fetus for thyroid hormone dependent neurodevelopment, which begins in the second half of the first trimester of pregnancy. Around the beg...
متن کاملIodine status of pregnant women in Lae.
Many areas in Papua New Guinea are regarded as endemic for iodine deficiency disorders (IDD). Salt iodization to combat IDD has been a policy of the government since 1973. Its effectiveness in many areas of the country has, however, not been assessed. The iodine status of pregnant women is an indicator of the iodine status of the community. This study was conducted in order to assess the effect...
متن کاملNutritional Iodine Status of Breast-Feeding Mothers and Their Neonates in Kayseri
Purpose: Iodine deficiency, the most common cause of brain damage in children, remains a critical health problem in Kayseri, Central Anatolia. This study aimed to evaluate the iodine intake of breast-feeding mothers and their neonates and determine breast-milk iodine content after mandatory salt iodization in Kayseri. Material and Methods: For the study, a total of 70 breast-feeding mothers and...
متن کامل