It is well known that severe iodine deficiency during pregnancy may cause impaired brain
development in the child, with effects on cognitive and motor function, hearing and speech …

Nutritional deficits or excesses affect a huge proportion of pregnant women worldwide.
Maternal nutrition has a significant influence on the fetal environment and can dramatically …

Purpose Voluntary salt iodization at 50 mg/kg salt ensures adequate iodine nutrition in
Swedish school-aged children, but iodine status in pregnant women is uncertain. Methods …

Early-life exposure to environmental toxicants can have detrimental effects on children's
neurodevelopment. In the current study, we employed a causal modeling framework to …

Abstract Purpose Pregnant women in Sweden are mildly iodine deficient. We investigated
the effect of daily iodine supplementation on the iodine and thyroid status of pregnant …

The biofortification of crops with iodine consists of a set of techniques that allow obtaining
plant foods with concentrations of iodine that partially or entirely provide the daily intake …

Iodine is a micronutrient that is essential for thyroid hormone production. Adequate iodine
intake is especially important during pregnancy and early life, when brain development is …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of iodine supplementation during
pregnancy on thyroid function and also its effect on postpartum depression in an iodine …

Introduction Iodine serves as a crucial precursor for the synthesis of thyroid hormones and
plays an import role in both pregnant women and their offspring. The relationships between …

Fetal programming may influence childhood and adult life, determining the risk of specific
diseases. During earlier stages of pregnancy, the transfer of maternal thyroid hormones to …