Significance of establishing iodine deficiency disorders day;
Through the publicity and popularization of knowledge of prevention and treatment of iodine deficiency disorders and scientific iodine supplementation, we will focus on the role of iodine in the brain development of fetuses and infants, guide the whole society to actively participate in the prevention and treatment of iodine deficiency disorders, improve people's health level, and help build a healthy China.
Diseases caused by iodine deficiency:
1, endemic goiter, which is what people call big neck and thick neck disease.
2. Decreased synthesis of thyroid hormone leads to hypothyroidism.
3. Iodine deficiency will cause the decline of adult labor force, children's growth and development disorders, and brain development disorders.