date:May 23, 2013
babys brain and nervous system. Even a mild to moderate iodine deficiency can affect growth and development in unborn babies, infants and young children.
Iodine deficiency has re-emerged in Australia with the introduction of new practices of sanitisation and a decline in use and consumption of iodised salt. Tasmania in particular has a long history of iodine deficiency because of the nature of the States soil.
Population iodine status is considered optimal when the median urinary iodine conce