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## Background: Dietary iodine intake is required for the production of thyroid hormone. consequences of iodine deficiency include goiter, intellectual impairments, growth retardation, neonatal hypothyroidism, and increased pregnancy loss and infant mortality. ## Summary: In 1990, the united nations world summit for children established the goal of eliminating iodine deficiency worldwide. considerable progress has since been achieved, largely through programs of universal salt iodization. approximately 70% of all households worldwide currently have access to adequately iodized salt. in 2013, as defined by a national or subnational median urinary iodine concentration of 100-299 μg/l in school-aged children, 111 countries have sufficient iodine intake. thirty countries remain iodine-deficient; 9 are moderately deficient, 21 are mildly deficient, and none are currently considered severely iodine-deficient. ten countries have excessive iodine intake. in north america, both the united states and canada are generally iodine-sufficient, although recent data suggest pregnant u.s. women are mildly iodine-deficient. emerging issues include discrepancies between urinary iodine status in pregna

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Author

Elizabeth N. Pearce; Maria Andersson; Michael B. Zimmermann

Publisher

Mary Ann Liebert Inc

Published

2013

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)