Yesterday was the 23rd National Day for Prevention of Iodine Deficiency Disease. Is thyroid disease related to iodized salt?

Dalian Daily reporter Zhang Lixia

Yesterday was the 23rd “Iodine Deficiency Disease Day” in the country. The propaganda theme was “Insist on scientific iodine supplementation and build a healthy China”. The reporter learned that the Municipal Economic and Information Commission and the Municipal Health and Family Planning Commission organized the Municipal Center for Disease Control, the Municipal Yancheng Inspection and Inspection Detachment, and the Municipal Salt Industry Co., Ltd. to jointly carry out propaganda activities in the main venue of Wusi Square in Shahekou District. Through the free distribution of iodized salt, leaflets, posters, posters, billboards, on-site answers and other forms, to introduce and publicize the consumption of iodized salt and prevention of iodine deficiency disease related knowledge, especially for the current pregnant women iodine supplement If the level is not high, thematic propaganda will be conducted on site.

What is the status of iodine nutrition in our city residents?

It is understood that on March 15, 2012, the country’s new edible salt iodine content standards began to be implemented. The average amount of iodized salt in our province was reduced from 35 mg/kg to 25 mg/kg through the Dalian Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Monitoring, the urinary iodine level of children in our city is slightly reduced by the salt iodine concentration, and is at an appropriate level; the urine iodine level of pregnant women is more obvious with the decline of salt iodine content, facing the risk of iodine deficiency disease, and once pregnant women take iodine Inadequate, it will easily lead to fetal iodine deficiency, causing brain development disorders.

Is there any relationship between thyroid disease and iodized salt?

Thyroid diseases, including thyroid nodules, are seen in men and women of all ages. The incidence rate increases with age, and multiple females occur. This is a common law. In addition, psychological factors such as social stress, environmental pollution, etc. are also the causes of thyroid disease. The inference basis for thyroid cancer and the existence of salt and iodine is not sufficient. On the contrary, the conclusion that adopting iodine intervention to transform thyroid cancer into low-grade cancer has been widely recognized in the world.

Do residents in coastal areas also eat iodized salt?

According to the “2002 China Food Composition Table”, only kelp and seaweed such as seaweed and seaweed are high in iodine content in seafood, and other marine fish and other iodine content are not significantly different from those in livestock and poultry meat. Iodine effect. In 2009, the Ministry of Health conducted surveys on the dietary iodine intake of coastal residents in four provinces (municipalities) including Fujian, Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Liaoning. Dalian City, as one of the survey cities in Liaoning Province, also participated in survey activities. The results showed that the frequency of consumption and consumption of iodine-rich foods such as kelp and seaweed in coastal areas was very low, and the proportion of residents’ dietary iodine intake derived from such foods was correspondingly low. Therefore, the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention reminded the general public that Dalian residents, as coastal residents, also need to popularize iodized salt in order to ensure residents' iodine intake and further reduce the risk of iodine deficiency.

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