IODINE SUPLEMENTATION INCREASING IRON LEVELS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH IDD (IODINE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS)

ABSTRACT
Research Background: Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) and iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) are the largest nutrition problem in Indonesia. Hypothyroidism and iron deficiency may influence each other. The most people who have a high risk of suffering from IDD and IDA are school-age children.

Purposes: knowing the effects of iodine on hemoglobin level changes among children of IDD Patient in primary school (SD).

Methods: This research used experimental research which double blind randomized controlled trial design. The subjects were the students of class 3, 4 and 5 of the six primary schools in Cangkringan which is an IDD endemic area. The research subject amount to 74 persons and 37 of them were given iodine + eggs, and 37 others as controls. IDD position measurements palpation and iron levels (haemoglobin) with cyanmethemoglobin method. The datas were analyzed with independent sample t-test and Chi-square, by using some programs of computer.

Results: from 74 subject’s persons which suffering with IDD, 3 subjects of them are anaemic. The result analysis showed that iodine supplementation has no effect to increase the levels of Hb (p > 0.05).
Conclusion: Iodine supplementation has no effect in the increase of Hb

Keywords: iodine, iron, IDD, schoolchildren

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Indonesia Occupies the Fifth Rank as The State is Malnutrition in the World

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Indonesia Health Minister, Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih said Indonesia was currently ranked fifth in the nation with global malnutrition. "Ranked fifth for the total population in Indonesia is also the world's fourth largest," Endang said in a press conference after opening a national seminar at Balai Kartini Jakarta, Wednesday, January 18, 2012.

Endang said that the number of children under five who are malnourished in Indonesia is currently around 900 thousand inhabitants. This amount is 4.5 percent of total Indonesian children under five, ie 23 million inhabitants. Malnutrition areas scattered across Indonesia, not only the eastern part of Indonesia.

To resolve this problem, Health Minister invited all stakeholders from governments, international agencies, nongovernmental organizations, universities, and community to give priority to improving food and nutrition in every policy. This step, he said, should be followed by implementation of good and proper evaluation.

Endang also admitted that he would coordinate with other ministries to overcome this problem. "We will ask the Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare to collect the ministries related to the food problem in order to synergize and work together to solve the problem of malnutrition," he said. The Ministry is Endang is Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Industry, and Ministry of Maritime Affairs.

Source: Tempo.co

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Lose Weight with Red Color

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There are many ways you can do to lose weight. By default, people are advised to diet and exercise, but there are also some unique ways you can do to help us reduce some of the fat in the abdomen.

Would like to lose weight the easy way? Try the advice given by these scientists, "Eat from a dish which is red."

It is said that serves food on the plate is red or drink from a glass of red could reduce the consumption of food and beverages up to 40 percent. This is the result of research conducted by academics from Germany and Switzerland, as reported Dailymail.

According to experts, red color can influence people to not take a snack because this color is often associated with "danger, prohibition, and stop". The findings were published in the journal Appetite.

Experts advise the government and food industry packaging using red for unhealthy foods as a preventive measure. The color can even be used in the café to prevent people from drinking too much.

In their study, the researchers asked 41 male students to drink tea from cups that are labeled in red or blue marks. Apparently they drank 44 percent less than the cup red. In the second part of this study, 109 people were given 10 pretzels on each plate of red, blue, and white. Apparently they only take a few pastries from a red plate.

According to Ursula Arens of the British Association Dietic, "Red possibility is associated with an alarm or something like that."

So, if you want to try to lose weight, there is no harm in trying to replace the dish at home with red plates.

Source: intisari-online.com

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