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Pregnant women at risk for iodine deficiency but adequate iodine intake in school-aged children of Zhejiang Province, China (2024)
Journal Article
Zheng, C., Yin, Z., Zhan, B., Xu, W., & Ma, Z. F. (2024). Pregnant women at risk for iodine deficiency but adequate iodine intake in school-aged children of Zhejiang Province, China. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 46(6), Article 204. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-024-01934-3

The median urinary iodine concentration (UIC) of school-aged children has been commonly used as a surrogate to assess iodine status of a population including pregnant women. However, pregnant women have higher iodine requirements than children due to... Read More about Pregnant women at risk for iodine deficiency but adequate iodine intake in school-aged children of Zhejiang Province, China.

Low iodine nutrition knowledge in Chinese breastfeeding women despite adequate iodine status (2024)
Journal Article
Liu, S., Sharp, A., Lane, S., Villanueva, E. V., Lu, Z., & Ma, Z. F. (2024). Low iodine nutrition knowledge in Chinese breastfeeding women despite adequate iodine status. Nutrients, 16(4), Article 491. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16040491

There has been a scarcity of evidence about iodine nutrition knowledge among women during pregnancy and lactation. The aim of this study was to determine women’s iodine knowledge and the relationship between knowledge and iodine status during pregnan... Read More about Low iodine nutrition knowledge in Chinese breastfeeding women despite adequate iodine status.