The Iodine Trail: Exploring Iodine Deficiency and its Prevention around the World
"John Stanbury's life completely encompasses the 20th century unraveling of the story of world wide iodine deficiency, its tragic consequences, and its preventability. This remarkable book offers an educational and entertaining look into that life-work." --Dr. Leslie J. DeGroot"Stanbury tells a fascinating story, presented as an educational and entertaining travelogue. Anyone with access to this volume will enjoy reading it and come away with a good understanding of this critically important global health problem affecting the cognitive capacity of populations." --Food and Nutrition Bulletin"The book is good reading for non-specialists as well as specialists. The former may appreciate an easy introduction into the field not overloaded with scientific data; IDD specialists, on the other hand, will enjoy the account of the functioning of the network of IDD scientists, many of whom they know personally." --IDD Newsletter