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Iodine Deficiency Disorders (Visit Resource)
In Human Nutrition in the Developing World Iodine deficiency is responsible not only for very widespread endemic goitre and cretinism, but also for retarded physical growth and intellectual development and a variety of other conditions. These conditions together are now termed iodine deficiency disorders (IDD). They are particularly important because: · perhaps one-quarter of the world's people consume inadequate amounts of iodine; · the disorders have a major impact on the individual and on society; · of the four major deficiency diseases, IDD is the easiest to control.
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