OBJECTIVE Iodine deficiency endemia is defined by the goitre prevalence and the median urinary iodine concentration in a population. Lack of local thyroid volume reference data may bring many health workers to use the European-based WHO/International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD)-recommended reference for the assessment of goitre prevalence in children in different...

OBJECTIVE To identify children's iodine nutrition and goitre status in areas with mildly excessive iodine in drinking water. DESIGN A cross-sectional survey. Probability proportional to size sampling was employed to randomly select children from thirty townships where the median iodine content in drinking water ranged from 150 to 300 μg/l; their urinary iodine concentrations were determined a...

Cruciferous plants viz. cabbage, cauliflower, turnip, radish, mustard etc. that contain goitrogenic/antithyroid substances, constitute a portion of regular human diet. The effect of chronic feeding of fresh and cooked radish, R. sativus under varying state of iodine intake on morphological and functional status of thyroid in albino rats was evaluated by thyroid gland morphology and histology, t...

BACKGROUND Iron and iodine deficiencies affect more than 30% of the world's population. Typical Indian diets contain adequate amounts of iron, but the bioavailability is poor. This serious limiting factor is caused by low intake of meat products rich in heme iron and intake of phytates in staple foods in the Indian diet, which inhibits iron absorption. OBJECTIVE To test the stability of doubl...

BACKGROUND Iodine deficiency in infants can damage the developing brain and increase mortality. Present recommendations state that oral iodised oil should be given to breastfeeding mothers to correct iodine deficiency in infancy when iodised salt is not available, and that direct supplementation should be given to infants who are not being breastfed or receiving iodine-fortified complimentary f...

INTRODUCTION In order to address population-level mild iodine deficiency in Australia, a mandatory iodine fortification programme of salt used in bread was introduced in late 2009. METHODS A before-after study was conducted to assess changes in median urinary iodine concentration (MUIC) measurements, according to supplement use, in convenience samples of pregnant women attending a public ante...

BACKGROUND Since 1971, the general U.S. population has been monitored for dietary iodine sufficiency by urinary iodine (UI) measurements through the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). This report presents the UI levels for the population participating in NHANES 2003-2004. It is the third assessment of the U.S. population since NHANES III (1988-1994), when the median UI l...

292 www.thelancet.com Vol 382 July 27, 2013 Iodine, a crucial micronutrient, is essential for thyroid hormone production and for normal in-utero neurodevelopment. During pregnancy, iodine intake must be increased by 50% because of physiological increases in maternal thyroid hormone production, an increase in maternal renal iodine losses, and fetal iodine needs for thyroid hormone production. Io...

BACKGROUND Iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) are endemic in the mountain regions of Armenia. Universal salt iodisation has been chosen as the control measure. OBJECTIVES (1). To measure the prevalence of iodine deficiency in the Armenian population; (2). to evaluate household use of iodised salt; and (3). to monitor iodised salt promotion strategies. DESIGN Cross-sectional study on a nation...