Salt Consumption Patterns and Iodine Nutrition Status of Pregnant Women in Coastal Region
Salt Consumption Patterns and Iodine Nutrition Status of Pregnant Women in Coastal Region作者机构：Nutrition Research Division Department of Medical Research Ministry of Health and Sports Yangon Republic of the Union of Myanmar
出 版 物：《Food and Nutrition Sciences》 (食品与营养科学（英文）)
年 卷 期：2021年第12卷第1期
页 面：28-36页
学科分类：07[理学] 0701[理学-数学] 070101[理学-基础数学]
主 题：Salt Consumption Iodine Nutrition Pregnant Women
摘 要：Background: Maternal Iodine Deficiency Disorder can result in inevitable cretinism as well as miscarriages, stillbirth and low birth-weight babies. Objective: There is a need to find out contributing factors towards urinary iodine concentrations of pregnant women. Methods: Therefore, the cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted to assess the patterns of salt utilization and iodine status of pregnant women living in coastal areas of Mon State in January and May, 2013. Result: A total of 144 pregnant women from Pa-Nga village and Kalokepi village in Thanbyuzayat township were asked by using structured questionnaires including age, parity, socioeconomic status and patterns of salt and iodine-rich foods (seaweed, fish, prawn) consumption. Casual urine samples were collected from each
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