Doctors worry that iodine deficiency — a dietary problem from the past — is coming back

Doctors worry that iodine deficiency — a dietary problem from the past — is coming back
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Doctors worry that iodine deficiency — a dietary problem from the past — is coming back
Author: Mike Stobbe
Published: Jan, 06 2025 19:21

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Although most people are still getting enough, researchers have increasingly been reporting low levels of iodine in pregnant women and other people, raising concerns about an impact on their newborns.

Doctors worry that iodine deficiency — a dietary problem from the past — is coming back The 13-year-old boy came to the clinic with a rapidly ballooning neck.

A century ago, iodine deficiency affected kids across large swaths of the country.

But today, people are getting less iodine because of changes in diet and food manufacturing.

It essentially disappeared after some food makers started adding it to table salt, bread and some other foods, in one of the great public health success stories of the 20th century.

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