High burden of Iodine deficiency found in Israel’s first national survey
Monday, March 27, 2017 - 09:31
in Health & Medicine
62% of school-age children and 85% of pregnant women in Israel have low iodine intakes, according to the country's first national iodine survey. Government funding and legislation, and a government-regulated program of salt or food iodization, are essential to reducing the deficiency, which poses a high risk of impaired neurological development.