Children aged 3–6 years undergo a critical stage of growth and development and are
irreversibly affected by their iodine status. In order to reveal iodine status in preschool …

Objective: To understand the status of iodine nutrition and its related influencing factors of
school-age children in Wuhan, so as to provide the basis for adjusting the strategies of IDD …

Iodine deficiency disorder (IDD) has been recognized as a major public health problem
worldwide and has serious detrimental effects on the growth and development of the …

Abstract Background In 1996, Shanghai implemented universal salt iodization and has
became the last provincial unit in China to carry out this intervention. In this study, we …

It is crucial to provide adequate iodine nutrition to infants and toddlers for proper thyroid
function and subsequent brain development. Infants are particularly vulnerable to iodine …

Background For the sake of children's health, iodized salt supply has been stopped in many
areas with excessive iodine in the drinking water, but children's iodine nutrition status and …

Objective To understand the status of iodine nutrition and its related influencing factors of
school-age children in Wuhan, so as to provide the basis for adjusting the strategies of IDD …

Recent research has shown that iodine excess may damage children's intelligence. Years of
monitoring results in Shanghai show the iodine status has approached the upper limit of the …

OBJECTIVE: Mild to severe iodine deficiency has been documented in China since 1960. To
eliminate this persisting iodine deficiency, legislation on universal salt iodization was …

Background Pregnant women, neonates, and school-age children are vulnerable to iodine
deficiency. The iodine contents in the environment (drinking water and household salt for …