%T Iodine status in pregnant New Zealand women: Are intakes and recommendations adequate?
%A Celine Sara Evans



%I University of Otago
%D 2005

%K Primary health care, %K Diet, %K Maternal and infant welfare, %K Pregnancy



%U https://apo.org.au/node/111356

%X Background: Iodine requirements increase in pregnancy as both the mother and foetus need iodine for the synthesis of thyroid hormones. In response to a re-emergence of iodine deficiency in New Zealand in the 1990s, bread was fortified with iodised salt in 2009 and a recommendation for a daily supplement of 150 µg iodine in pregnancy has been in place since 2010.
%9 Thesis