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05. March 2018
Health Ministry to commence national micronutrient survey
The Government of The Gambia, through the National Nutrition Agency (NaNA), in collaboration with Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoH&SW), UNICEF and The Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBoS), will conduct a nationwide Micronutrient Survey from 12th...
01. February 2018
Nepal to celebrate February as ‘iodine month’
KATHMANDU: The Salt Trading Corporation (STC) is all set to celebrate the month of February as the ‘iodine month’ beginning from Friday. The move aims to promote consumption of iodised salt and control diseases caused by iodine deficiency like goiter,...
17. January 2018
Fortifying salt with iodine – a simple measure to prevent intellectual disability
Russian bloggers, media representatives and policy-makers gathered at a WHO event in Moscow to hear experts and researchers explain how iodine deficiency in pregnancy affects development of the child’s brain. This event kicked off a social media...
28. November 2017
Iodine-enriched bouillon slows returning deficiency in Vietnam
Uniben’s ‘3 Mien Bouillon’ comes almost a decade after the country successfully contained the issue. Millions of Vietnamese meals are being enriched with iodine thanks to Uniben, a Vietnamese food manufacturer, and its latest iodized seasoning ‘3 Mien...
30. October 2017
Ghana: Undernutrition is a major challenge affecting children
Professor Matilda Steiner-Asiedu, President of the Ghana Nutrition Association, has described undernutrition as a major challenge affecting children’s wellbeing and development in Ghana. She said only 13 per cent of children aged six to 23 months...
26. October 2017
Global IDD Prevention day observed
Global Iodine Deficiency Disorder Prevention Day was observed today at IMA Hall Lamphelpat under the theme Daily Consumption of Iodised Salt is the Solution to the problem of Iodine Deficiency Disorders. The observance was organised by the State ...
23. October 2017
What is iodised salt? Is it the only way to get iodine in your diet?
"Iodine is essential for healthy brain development in the fetus and young child. Iodine deficiency negatively affects the health of women, as well as economic productivity and quality of life," WHO. "Iodised salts were developed to create a standard...
22. October 2017
India: Kohima village declared ‘first non-iodized salt free village’
Kohima village was declared the “first non-iodized salt free village” and has pledged to procure, stock, sell and consume only iodised salt. According to DIPR report, the declaration was made during Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) Prevention...
22. October 2017
Nearly half of all Aussie women deficient in mineral vital for baby's brain health
More than 40 percent of Australian women are deficient in iodine, a vital mineral in developing healthy brains in babies. The finding from the Westmead Institute of Medical Research will cause concern, as iodine deficiency is the single most...
19. October 2017
Paleo diet may contribute to iodine deficiency
Older women on a so-called Paleolithic diet – which tries to mimic the diet of cavemen living in the stone age - may be more likely to develop iodine deficiency than their counterparts who don’t eat this way, a small Swedish experiment suggests. The...
04. October 2017
UK: Most milk substitutes are low in iodine
Milk and dairy products are the main source of iodine in many diets, and an important iodine source in many countries. However, the latest research from Dr. Sarah Bath (University of Surrey) found that the iodine concentration of most alternatives to...
04. July 2017
Russia prepares to review food legislation to improve iodine intakes
Following a successful nationwide public health campaign, iodine nutrition in Russia has been on the lips of the national media, public health experts and, at last, the decision makers. At a high-level inter-agency meeting on June 21, a draft ...
03. July 2017
New Zealand to investigate iodine status in women who don't eat bread
Massey University’s School of Food and Nutrition Master’s student Jacqui Finlayson’s interest in New Zealand’s iodine situation has ignited research investigating the iodine levels of Kiwi women who choose to avoid bread. "In 2009, to address iodine...
28. June 2017
Ireland: Questions over iodine levels in dairy feed
The Department of Agriculture has written to animal feed manufactures over the levels of iodine contained in their products. In the letter, seen by FarmIreland the Department cites concerns over milk containing high levels of iodine which is unsuitable...
26. June 2017
Ironing out Iodine Deficiency
When Professor Creswell Eastman visited a remote, mountainous region of Tibet in the 1980s, he was shocked by what he found. While researching the extent of iodine deficiency disorders, he came across entire villages filled with people with low IQs, ...
23. May 2017
Is your diet putting you at risk of iodine deficiency?
When you go to a cafe and order a coffee, do you avoid dairy and order soy milk or even almond milk instead? Or, do you avoid bread perhaps? Because you're trying not to eat too many carbs? Or because you're gluten intolerant. Well, if you do either of...
23. May 2017
Switzerland: Schleichender Jodmangel in der Schweiz: Werden wir wieder zu «Idioten der Alpen»?
Wegen Öko-Salz, Fertig-Food und Anti-Salz-Gesundheitskampagnen: Bei immer mehr Schweizern liegt die Jodversorgung im kritischen Bereich. Dieses Manko sorgte bereits vor über 100 Jahren für Probleme, besonders in den Bergtälern.
15. May 2017
How a Tsunami in Japan Endangered Children in Cambodia
The tsunami and nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, now threatens the developing brains of children in Cambodia — but not for reasons that were ever expected. Cambodia has long struggled with iodine deficiency. The element is crucial to early brain...
09. April 2017
Lack of iodized salt in Cambodia is a 'serious public health risk'
When Arnaud Laillou, a nutrition specialist with UNICEF, led a salt iodization study in 2014, he wanted to be sure that salt producers were not adding too much iodine. Just four years earlier, UNICEF had stopped providing iodine to salt producers at...
07. April 2017
Here’s the real reason we eat iodized table salt
Salt isn’t just a seasoning anymore, and the popularity of Salt Bae ― the hunky chef who salts his food with bravado ― is proof of that. Then there’s Himalayan pink salt, flaky sea salt and kosher salt that remind us we’re in a new era of cooking. But...
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