Tag page - iodine deficiency in PH

About 9 percent of adult Filipinos have goiters, a thyroid-related enlargement, by physical examination. Data from the Thyromobile of the Philippine Thyroid Association revealed that out of almost 5,000 tested patients, 8.53 percent had thyroid function abnormalities. Additionally, in a survey...

One out of five Filipino pregnant and lactating women exhibited insufficient iodine nutrition, based on the results of the Department of Science and Technology–Food and Nutrition Research Institute’s (DOST-FNRI) 2018-2019 Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)...