Importance of iodine in pregnancy
Iodine is an essential constituent of thyroid hormones (TH). TH actively take part in critical periods of brain development during embryonic, fetal and postnatal stages. Therefore the absence of TH or iodine in these critical periods produces an irreversible brain damage. In fact, it is known that i...
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| author | Nicolás Carreto-Molina Pablo García-Solís Juan Carlos Solís-S Ludivina Robles-Osorio Hebert Luis Hernández-Montiel Genaro Vega-Malagón |
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| description | Iodine is an essential constituent of thyroid hormones (TH). TH actively take part in critical periods of brain development during embryonic, fetal and postnatal stages. Therefore the absence of TH or iodine in these critical periods produces an irreversible brain damage. In fact, it is known that iodine deficiency is the leading cause of preventable brain damage worldwide. Because of the physiological adjustments during pregnancy iodine requirements increase significantly from 150 μg per day in non-pregnant adult women to 250 μg per day. Moreover, recent epidemiological studies around the world show that iodine intake during pregnancy is insufficient in many countries, even in developed countries like Australia, Spain and Italy. In the present work an overview of the importance of iodine nutrition during pregnancy is given. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ffabcf9f034841c8b47cbaf1fd53a84e2023-01-02T17:53:49ZengSociedad Latinoamericana de NutriciónArchivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición0004-0622623213219S0004-06222012000300002Importance of iodine in pregnancyNicolás Carreto-Molina0Pablo García-Solís1Juan Carlos Solís-S2Ludivina Robles-Osorio3Hebert Luis Hernández-Montiel4Genaro Vega-Malagón5Universidad Autónoma de QuerétaroUniversidad Autónoma de QuerétaroUniversidad Autónoma de QuerétaroUniversidad Autónoma de QuerétaroUniversidad Autónoma de QuerétaroUniversidad Autónoma de QuerétaroIodine is an essential constituent of thyroid hormones (TH). TH actively take part in critical periods of brain development during embryonic, fetal and postnatal stages. Therefore the absence of TH or iodine in these critical periods produces an irreversible brain damage. In fact, it is known that iodine deficiency is the leading cause of preventable brain damage worldwide. Because of the physiological adjustments during pregnancy iodine requirements increase significantly from 150 μg per day in non-pregnant adult women to 250 μg per day. Moreover, recent epidemiological studies around the world show that iodine intake during pregnancy is insufficient in many countries, even in developed countries like Australia, Spain and Italy. In the present work an overview of the importance of iodine nutrition during pregnancy is given.http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-06222012000300002&lng=en&tlng=enpregnancythyroid hormonesnutritioniodine |
| spellingShingle | Nicolás Carreto-Molina Pablo García-Solís Juan Carlos Solís-S Ludivina Robles-Osorio Hebert Luis Hernández-Montiel Genaro Vega-Malagón Importance of iodine in pregnancy Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición pregnancy thyroid hormones nutrition iodine |
| title | Importance of iodine in pregnancy |
| title_full | Importance of iodine in pregnancy |
| title_fullStr | Importance of iodine in pregnancy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Importance of iodine in pregnancy |
| title_short | Importance of iodine in pregnancy |
| title_sort | importance of iodine in pregnancy |
| topic | pregnancy thyroid hormones nutrition iodine |
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