What are the effects of Iodine deficiency in young children?

      

List the effects of Iodine deficiency in young children.

  

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Maurice
(i) Motor deficits/ stunted growth/ immature skeletal development.

(ii) Learning disabilities/ poor school performance.

(iii) Death.

(iv) Tiredness and lack of energy.

(v) Cretinism resulting in irreversible mental retardation.

(vi) Goitre/ swelling of the thyroid gland.

(vii) Damage to the developing brain.

(viii) Impaired intellectual development.

(ix) Facial/ physical deformities/ birth defects.

(x) Dwarfism/ stunted growth/ immature skeletal development.

(xi) Deaf mutism.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on August 24, 2017 at 13:29


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