Ingesta y situación nutricional de la población adulta española en relación al Yodo
- MUÑOZ DEL CAZ, ALBA
- Liliana G. González Rodríguez Director
- Ana María López Sobaler Director
Defence university: Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Fecha de defensa: 28 March 2022
- Rosa María Ortega Anta Chair
- Laura Mª Bermejo López Secretary
- Esther Cuadrado Soto Committee member
- J. M. Perea Committee member
- Carmen Valverde Diez Committee member
Type: Thesis
Abstract
Iodine is one of the essential nutrients for the proper functioning of the human body. It is a necessary part of the composition of thyroid hormones, and they regulate most of the metabolic processes in the body. Iodine cannot be synthesized in the body from other processes, so its external contribution is necessary through food and thus obtain the necessary amount to meet the needs of the thyroid gland. Both excessive and insufficient iodine intake can lead to problems in thyroid function and therefore alter the proper metabolic functioning of the human body. For this reason, it is essential to know the nutritional status in iodine of the population of a country, in order to detect health problems and implement public health strategies for their prevention or eradication...