ea0081oc9.6 | Oral Communications 9: Environmental Endocrinology | ECE2022
Johannesen Herborg Liggjasardottir
, Andersen Stig
, Nielsen Kari Rubek
, Weihe Pal
, Petersen Maria Skaalum
, Veyhe Anna Sofia
Introduction: Iodine nutrition is critical for human health. In recent years the main focus was on the developing brain during pregnancy. In addition, iodine nutrition is essential for growth and development during adolescence. Iodine nutrition was recently low within the recommended range among adult Faroese living on local, iodine-rich marine food items. Dietary habits among young generations are drifting away from local foods, and this raises a concern that led us to perfor...