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Western population used to suffer from iodine deficiency: retardation, fetus malformations, dysfunctional thyroid. This is one of the many little invisible pro
by Iv 9y ago
Western population used to suffer from iodine deficiency: retardation, fetus malformations, dysfunctional thyroid.
This is one of the many little invisible progresses that has steadily made our life expectancy increase all over the 20th century.
- swimfar 9y agoI know the question was specifically about Western countries, but this comment (unintentionally) makes it sound like it's only been a western problem. This was a big problem in China and is still an issue today [1] (although the numbers in that article aren't really specific to China). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iodine_deficiency_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iodine_deficiency_in_China