Obesity and monitoring iodine nutritional status in schoolchildren: is body mass index a factor to consider?

Conclusions. This study for the first time demonstrates that BMI may be a confounding factor in monitoring iodine nutritional status in schoolchildren. Since in Italy as in other Western countries the number of OW and OB children is high, BMI is a factor to consider in monitoring salt iodization programs worldwide. PMID: 33256547 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Thyroid Source Type: research