The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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A Comparative Study on the Iodine Status of High School Girls Consuming Iodized and Non-Iodized Salts


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1 Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati - 517 502, India
     

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Iodine deficiency is one of the nutritional problems the country is facing at present. It encompasses a spectrum of effects dating from conception, through fetal life, neo-natal period and childhood to adulthood. The most common and visible manifestation of iodine deficiency is goitre. The latest report showed that the population of India exposed to endemic goitre may be about 170 million and it is predicted that by 2000 A.D. it may reach around 200 million.
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C. Bhaskarani
Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati - 517 502, India
D. Peramma
Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati - 517 502, India

Abstract


Iodine deficiency is one of the nutritional problems the country is facing at present. It encompasses a spectrum of effects dating from conception, through fetal life, neo-natal period and childhood to adulthood. The most common and visible manifestation of iodine deficiency is goitre. The latest report showed that the population of India exposed to endemic goitre may be about 170 million and it is predicted that by 2000 A.D. it may reach around 200 million.