Iodine, milk, and the elimination of endemic goitre in Britain: the story of an accidental public health triumph
Iodine, milk, and the elimination of endemic goitre in Britain: the story of an accidental public health triumph
OBJECTIVE: To determine how iodine deficiency and endemic goitre disappeared in Britain.
DESIGN: Review of surveys of endemic goitre and iodine nutrition.
MAIN RESULTS: Endemic goitre was widespread in Britain but has declined, most notably since the 1960's. Its disappearance was probably due to changes in farming practice, especially iodine supplementation in dairy herds which has resulted in iodine contamination of milk and dairy produce.
CONCLUSIONS: Although iodization of dairy herds offers an indirect method of counteracting iodine deficiency, it is haphazard and there should be careful and continuous monitoring of iodine intakes in the population.
Animal Feed, Animals, Cattle, Child, Female, Food, Fortified, Goiter, Endemic/epidemiology, Humans, Iodine/administration & dosage, Male, Milk/chemistry, Public Health, Thyrotoxicosis/etiology, United Kingdom/epidemiology
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Phillips, D I
a6ce8938-d887-4f8e-be92-ac1065460c0a
15 August 1997
Phillips, D I
a6ce8938-d887-4f8e-be92-ac1065460c0a
Phillips, D I
(1997)
Iodine, milk, and the elimination of endemic goitre in Britain: the story of an accidental public health triumph.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 51 (4), .
(doi:10.1136/jech.51.4.391).
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine how iodine deficiency and endemic goitre disappeared in Britain.
DESIGN: Review of surveys of endemic goitre and iodine nutrition.
MAIN RESULTS: Endemic goitre was widespread in Britain but has declined, most notably since the 1960's. Its disappearance was probably due to changes in farming practice, especially iodine supplementation in dairy herds which has resulted in iodine contamination of milk and dairy produce.
CONCLUSIONS: Although iodization of dairy herds offers an indirect method of counteracting iodine deficiency, it is haphazard and there should be careful and continuous monitoring of iodine intakes in the population.
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Published date: 15 August 1997
Keywords:
Animal Feed, Animals, Cattle, Child, Female, Food, Fortified, Goiter, Endemic/epidemiology, Humans, Iodine/administration & dosage, Male, Milk/chemistry, Public Health, Thyrotoxicosis/etiology, United Kingdom/epidemiology
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/480381
ISSN: 0143-005X
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