Report
National Iodine Survey Report
Exploring other sources of dietary iodine besides iodized salt
Highlights
Iodine is among the important micro-nutrients essential for proper growth and development. Indeed Iodine deficiency is said to be the single greatest cause of preventable mental impairment globally and also causes many other adverse effects on development and productivity. Specific consequences of iodine deficiency may include poor pregnancy outcomes, poor school performance, poor eye-hand coordination, deaf-mutism, and cretinism. At the population level, the resultant lower productivity could affect many people with devastating effects to the national economy
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