About 1.5 billion people, or nearly one-third of the Earth's population, live in areas of iodine deficiency. All of these results can be prevented by sufficient iodine in the diet. Eliminating iodine deficiency is recognized as one of the most achievable of the goals that the 1990 World Summit for Children set for the year 2000.
Iodized salt is the best means for providing iodine to iodine- deficient populations.
It is physiological, simple, practical, and effective. This book provides a short non-technical introduction to its production and use. The initial sections give a background on the iodine deficiency disorders. We then describe salt production and iodization, quality control, monitoring, and marketing. Additional chapters consider the central role of iodized salt in national plans for IDD elimination.