Consuming iodised salt is necessary for preventing iodine deficiency disorders.
Consuming iodised salt is widely recognized as a highly successful public health intervention and remains a primary strategy for preventing iodine deficiency disorders globally.
The retrieved papers overwhelmingly support the claim, documenting the immense success and necessity of universal salt iodization in preventing iodine deficiency disorders, goiter, and associated cognitive deficits across populations. While a few papers (e.g., [6, 9]) note potential side effects like mild increases in hypothyroidism or thyroid cancer detection under high iodine intake, none refute the fundamental necessity of iodised salt for preventing deficiency; rather, they discuss the nuances of optimizing dosage and monitoring coverage.
Olaf Müller. Malnutrition and health in developing countries. 2005. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.050342
Paper 0 notes that the fortification of salt with iodine has been a global success story in addressing micronutrient deficiencies.
See more details
F Delange. The Disorders Induced by Iodine Deficiency. 1994. https://doi.org/10.1089/thy.1994.4.107
Paper 2 establishes that insufficient dietary iodine is the main cause of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) and that salt iodization is the most efficient means of prevention.
François Delange, Bruno de Benoist, Eduardo A. Pretell, John T. Dunn. Iodine Deficiency in the World: Where Do we Stand at the Turn of the Century?. 2001. https://doi.org/10.1089/105072501300176390
Paper 4 highlights universal salt iodization as the agreed strategy for achieving iodine sufficiency and preventing related mental retardation.
Michael Zimmermann, Maria Andersson. GLOBAL ENDOCRINOLOGY: Global perspectives in endocrinology: coverage of iodized salt programs and iodine status in 2020. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1530/eje-21-0171
Paper 5 reports that the vast majority of the global population relies on iodized salt following mandatory legislation, successfully expanding iodine sufficiency worldwide.
Jonathan Louis Gorstein, Jack Bagriansky, Elizabeth N. Pearce, Roland Kupka, Michael Zimmermann. Estimating the Health and Economic Benefits of Universal Salt Iodization Programs to Correct Iodine Deficiency Disorders. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1089/thy.2019.0719
Paper 7 demonstrates that universal salt iodization programs have drastically reduced the global prevalence of clinical iodine deficiency disorders over the past 25 years.
The paper trail · every fact has a biography
Challenge the receipt
Citation formatting by citeproc-js (Frank Bennett) and the Citation Style Language project. Source and licenses.
Terms · Privacy · How verdicts work · Dispute this receipt