A randomised controlled trial of iodine supplementation in pregnancy to enhance neurodevelopment in children

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/626800

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The mild iodine deficiency common among people living in South Eastern Australia is of sufficient concern for the government to order that all bread be fortified with low dose iodine. This fortification falls well short of the amount health workers think is required by pregnant women and this could prove harmful to their children. This trial will determine if a daily iodine tablet taken during pregnancy improves the development of children.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 01-01-2014

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $2,032,008.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Public Nutrition Intervention

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

child development | iodine deficiency | iodine nutrition | maternal nutrition | nutrition in pregnancy | pregnancy care | public health | public health impact

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