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...

The global effort to prevent iodine deficiency disorders through iodine supplementation, such as universal salt iodization, has achieved impressive progress during the last few decades. However, iodine excess, due to extensive environmental iodine exposure in addition to poor monitoring, is currently a more frequent occurrence than iodine deficiency. Iodine excess is a precipitating environment...

OBJECTIVES Hypothyroidism in utero leading to mental retardation is highly prevalent and recurrent in developing countries where iodine deficiency and thiocyanate overload are combined. So, to explore and identify human population's risks for developing iodine deficiency disorders and their endemicity in Western Cameroon, with the aim to prevent this deficiency and to fight again it, urinary io...

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...

Iodine deficiency, by depriving the thyroid gland of sufficient raw material to produce thyroid hormones can, in its milder forms, impair cognition in children reducing IQ by up to 10-15 points. 1,2 While the consequences of severe iodine deficiency (population median urinary iodine excretion (UI) < 20 ug/L) can be extreme, including irreversible mental retardation, those arising from more mode...

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...

Background. Iodine deficiency in pregnancy is a worldwide problem. This study aimed to assess prevalence and predictors of subclinical iodine deficiency among pregnant women in Haramaya district, eastern Ethiopia. Methods. A cross-sectional, community-based study was conducted on 435 pregnant women existing in ten randomly selected rural kebeles (kebele is the smallest administrative unit in Et...

Increasing incidence of thyroid cancer has been observed in some countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, France, and so on. Joinpoint regression was used to analyze the incidence of thyroid cancer in Shanghai, China, from 1983 to 2007. The results showed that there were 2 distinct slopes: in men, representing a significant annual percentage change (APC) of 2.6% from 1983 to 2000 (P...