Background Adequate iodine intake is essential for human health, for normal thyroid
function, and for attainment of full intellectual potential in children. In light of Israel's lack of a …

Background: National data on iodine status in Israel are lacking. Reliance on iodine-
depleted desalinated water, the absence of a salt iodization program, and reports of …

Background Iodine deficiency poses a significant public health challenge worldwide,
particularly in preschool children and pregnant women. Assessing the iodine intake at a …

Salt iodization has been introduced in many countries to control iodine deficiency. Our aim
was to assess global and regional iodine status as of 2011 and compare it to previous WHO …

Objective Assessing iodine nutrition at the population level is usually done by measuring the
urinary iodine concentration (UIC) and, in some countries, by estimating household …

Background Iodine deficiency is a global public health problem, and estimates of the extent
of the problem were last produced in 2003. Objectives To provide updated global estimates …

Global efforts to control iodine deficiency through the highly successful strategy of salt
iodization have been in effect for over two decades. In 2016, urinary iodine concentration …

Many reports or manuals had focused on the implementation of iodine deficiency disorder
(IDD) elimination programme from the point of view of the programme managers. In this …

Background Iodine deficiencies were prevalent in China until the introduction of universal
salt iodization (USI) in 1995. In 2012, the standard salt iodine concentration was adjusted to …

1. In population monitoring of iodine status using urinary iodine concentration (UIC), school-
age children (SAC) serve as a proxy for the general population, therefore preference has …