Objectives Globally, although progress in eliminating iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) has
been reported, IDD is still considered to be a global health problem. As school-aged …

Context Adequate iodine intake is essential throughout life. Key dietary sources are iodized
salt and animal products, but dietary patterns in Europe are changing, for example toward …

Historically, Switzerland has proceeded cautiously with iodine fortification of salt, raising the
iodine content of salt in four steps over a period of 90 years, from 3.75 ppm to the current …

Background: Routine outcome-based monitoring is required to assess the status of
consumption of iodized salt as USI strategy. Objective: To assess the extent of recent iodine …

Urinary iodine concentrations (UICs) in the US have been reported to be stable since 1988–
1994, although those in selected subgroups remained low. We aimed to investigate iodine …

Universal salt iodisation (USI) was introduced in Sri Lanka in 1995. Since then, four national
iodine surveys have assessed the iodine nutrition status of the population. We …

Despite remarkable progress in the control of the iodine deficiency disorders (IDD), they
remain a significant global public health problem. Assessing the severity of IDD and …

Background Iodine deficiency is one of a major nutritional problem. The study aimed to
assess the iodine status of populations in Dabat district using median urinary iodine …

Thanks to comprehensive and long-term preventive programs, the Czech Republic has
taken its place among the countries with a resolved iodine deficiency at all population levels …

Objective: To study the total goitre rate (TGR), urinary iodine concentration (UIC) and salt
iodine content among schoolchildren in a previously endemic area for severe iodine …