OBJECTIVES Iodine deficiency disorder (IDD) is the result of an inadequate dietary intake of iodine, which physiological consequences are endemic goiter and thyroid dysfunction. The objective of this study was to a analyze studies that assessed the status of Brazil's population iodine nutrition and IDD prevalence. MATERIALS AND METHODS Systematic review using PRISMA statement. Electronic data...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Iodine deficiency disorder (IDD) is a major nutritional problem in India. The pregnant women and their neonates have been important target groups for study of the prevalence of IDD in a community. No such study was available to assess the prevalence of IDD among the pregnant women and neonates in the state of West Bengal. The present study was undertaken to assess the st...

INTRODUCTION Iodine deficiency disorder (IDD) is one of the preventable major public health problems in India. It has been always thought that goitre was only found in the Himalayan goitre belt. Recent surveys outside the conventional goitre belt have identified foci of iodine deficiency in other parts of India. AIM 1) To assess the prevalence of goitre among school-going children in the age ...

Iodine has long been known as an essential element for humans, and for mammals in general, where it is concentrated in the thyroid gland, being a vital component of the thyroid hormone thyroxine. Deprivation of iodine results in a series of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD), the most commonly recognized of which is endemic goiter, a condition where the thyroid gland becomes enlarged in an attem...

Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) become a health problem in Indonesia and other developing countries. The influences of IDD on children’s intellectual are irreversible, but on the other hand it is said that early stimulation affects brain development. The aims of this study was to determine the cognitive and language abilities after stimulation in children aged less than 3 years in IDD area. T...

The objective of the study was to assess the status of iodine nutrition in an area of Howrah district where iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) were reported despite the introduction of iodised salt for general use. A total of 969 school children in the age group 6-12 years of both sexes were clinically examined for goitre. On the spot 242 urine samples were collected from the children to study t...

Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) is a significant public health problem in the world. One of the consequences of iodine deficiency is subclinical hypothyroidism during pregnancy and early infancy. Neonatal thyroid screening using serum thyrotropin (TSH) to detect hypothyroidism may also be used to monitor the prevalence of IDD. We aim to evaluate iodine status by neonatal TSH screening in Mitr...

Introduction In India, both Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) and fluorosis (due to consumption of excess fluoride), are the two most prevalent endemic diseases which coexist in certain regions in the country. Though goiter—an enlarged thyroid gland—is commonly recognized as a visible sign of iodine deficiency, the health effects of iodine deficiency reach far beyond those of goiter, and the si...

Iodine deficiency is well known as a cause of several disorders such as endemic goiter and cretinism, along with a wide spectrum of psychoneurologic development disorders including endemic mental deficiency, which are generally correlated with damage to the fetus. Since as much as 40% of the Tanzanian population is at risk for iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) because they live in iodine-defici...