May 2021

IDD Newsletter

In this issue:
  • Most Moroccan children now have enough iodine
  • Combined monitoring of iodine and sodium intakes in Belgium
  • The 2021 Global Scorecard of Iodine Nutrition
  • Iodine supplements benefit pregnant women in Iran
  • The thyroid, the organ below the radar
  • Iodine sufficiency in children in the Seychelles
  • Despite conflict, nearly 2/3rds of households in Syria have adequate iodized salt
  • Puerto Rican pregnant women are iodine sufficient but their iodine awareness is low
  • Tibetan adults are now iodine sufficient

 

Meetings & Announcements: 
  • New database on the iodine content of U.S. Foods
  • China celebrated National IDD Control Day on May 15

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