Appropriate Iodine Nutrition in Iran: 20 Years of Success
Iodine is a trace element in the human body, its only known function is the synthesis of thyroid hormones. Effects of iodine deficiency, termed iodine deficiency disorders (IDD), include endemic goiter, hypothyroidism, cretinism, decreased fertility rate, increased infant mortality and mental retard...
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| description | Iodine is a trace element in the human body, its only known function is the synthesis of thyroid hormones. Effects of iodine deficiency, termed iodine deficiency disorders (IDD), include endemic goiter, hypothyroidism, cretinism, decreased fertility rate, increased infant mortality and mental retardation. 2.2 billion people worldwide are at risk for IDD. Of these, 30-70% have goiter and 1-10% have cretinism. Two decades ago the I.R. Iran was among the countries most severely affected by iodine deficiency, but during the last two decades has made much progress in the development of universal salt iodization strategies and IDD prevention, and since 1996 meets all WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD criteria for the sustainable elimination of iodine deficiency. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f44f21e7db8e4c3fb7809367071e43de2022-12-21T21:17:55ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesActa Medica Iranica0044-60251735-96942010-12-014864060Appropriate Iodine Nutrition in Iran: 20 Years of SuccessHossein Delshad0Ladan Mehran1Fereidoun Azizi2Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Iodine is a trace element in the human body, its only known function is the synthesis of thyroid hormones. Effects of iodine deficiency, termed iodine deficiency disorders (IDD), include endemic goiter, hypothyroidism, cretinism, decreased fertility rate, increased infant mortality and mental retardation. 2.2 billion people worldwide are at risk for IDD. Of these, 30-70% have goiter and 1-10% have cretinism. Two decades ago the I.R. Iran was among the countries most severely affected by iodine deficiency, but during the last two decades has made much progress in the development of universal salt iodization strategies and IDD prevention, and since 1996 meets all WHO/UNICEF/ICCIDD criteria for the sustainable elimination of iodine deficiency.https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/4064Iodinedeficiencygoiter thyroid hormones |
| spellingShingle | Hossein Delshad Ladan Mehran Fereidoun Azizi Appropriate Iodine Nutrition in Iran: 20 Years of Success Acta Medica Iranica Iodine deficiency goiter thyroid hormones |
| title | Appropriate Iodine Nutrition in Iran: 20 Years of Success |
| title_full | Appropriate Iodine Nutrition in Iran: 20 Years of Success |
| title_fullStr | Appropriate Iodine Nutrition in Iran: 20 Years of Success |
| title_full_unstemmed | Appropriate Iodine Nutrition in Iran: 20 Years of Success |
| title_short | Appropriate Iodine Nutrition in Iran: 20 Years of Success |
| title_sort | appropriate iodine nutrition in iran 20 years of success |
| topic | Iodine deficiency goiter thyroid hormones |
| url | https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/4064 |
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