Mild iodine deficiency during pregnancy could be dimming
the intellect of some babies born in the UK, say researchers.
Their study of 1,000
families showed lower IQs and reading scores in
primary school pupils whose mother had had too little iodine while
pregnant.
Academics advise
women of child-bearing age to maintain iodine in their diets by eating dairy
products and fish.
Glossary:
mild – leve
iodine – yodo – iodo
pregnancy – embarazo – gravidez
dimming the intellect – disminuir la capacidad intelectual – diminuindo a capacidade intellectual
born – nacidos – nascidos
researchers – investigadores – pesquisadores
showed – mostró – mostrou
lower – más bajo – mais baixos
IQs (Intelligence Quotients) – QI quoficiente intelectual – QIs (Quocientes de Inteligência)
reading scores – desempeño en lectura – desempenho em leitura
whose – cuyas – cujas
too little – muy poco, insuficiente – muito pouco, insuficiente
while – en tanto – enquanto
advise – aconsejan – aconselham
child-bearing age – edad fértil – idade fértil
dairy products – productos derivados de la leche – laticÃnios
fish – pescado – peixe
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