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A Sentinel Survey in Remote Western Thailand Indicates that School-Aged Children and Reproductive-Aged Women of the Indigenous Pwo Karen Community are Iodine Sufficient.
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Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand.
Indigenous peoples are often not routinely included in iodine programs because of language barriers and remote access, and may thus be at higher risk of iodine deficiency disorders, which could adversely impact their quality of life. We conducted this cross-sectional study in the remote Pwo Karen community of Thailand to determine the urinary iodine concentration (UIC) of school-aged children (SAC) and women of reproductive age (WRA) and investigate the iodine content in household salt. We measured UIC in spot urine samples from healthy SAC and WRA, administered a questionnaire, estimated daily iodine intake and collected household salt samples to determine salt iodine concentration.
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Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
Background/objective: Iodine deficiency hypothyroidism is an important cause of neurocognitive and motor impairment in children globally. In the United States, universal salt iodization, which began in the 1920s, led to a dramatic decline in iodine deficiency hypothyroidism. However, iodine deficiency may be reemerging due to increased consumption of noniodized salts, decreased dairy iodine concentrations, and decreased intake of iodine containing foods due to food allergies, dietary preferences such as vegan diets, or restrictive food intake disorders.
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Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Qotb-e Ravandi Blvd., First floor, P.O. Box: 8715973449, Kashan, Iran.
Iodized salt serves as an effective intervention strategy, combating iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) and promoting overall health. This study aimed to assess the household salt consumption status and its relationship with urinary iodine (UI) levels among school-aged children. This is a descriptive-cross-sectional study that was selected by cluster-random sampling from 5 girls' schools (182) and 5 boys' schools (169), with a total of 351 primary school students (8-10 years old) of Darab.
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Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima 15067, Peru.
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Protocol for a community-based, household-randomised, dose-response trial to assess the acceptability, nutritional effects and safety of double-fortified salt containing iodine and folic acid compared with iodised salt among non-pregnant Ethiopian women of reproductive age (DFS-IoFA).
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Global Technical Services, Nutrition International, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Article Synopsis
- Ethiopia has a high prevalence of neural tube defects (NTDs), largely due to folate insufficiency among women of reproductive age, prompting a study on fortifying iodized salt with folic acid as a potential solution.
- The study will involve 360 non-pregnant women aged 18-49, randomly assigned to receive iodized salt fortified with either 30 ppm or 90 ppm of folic acid, or regular iodized salt, over a 26-week period to assess its acceptability and impact on nutritional status.
- Outcomes will include monitoring women's consumption of the salts, changes in biomarker levels for folate and iodine, and any adverse events, with results analyzed to determine the effectiveness of the fortification strategy
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