TSSUED B Y THE DEPT OF KEALTH GOITRE CAN BE PREVENTED} There is too much Goitre in New Zealand: our soil and water lacks iodine, and we do not take enough trouble to make uP the deficiency: Goitre is an enlargement of the thyroid gland in the neck: It may remain only slight, or it may become an unsightly bulge, or develop into the 'staring eye' type which requires an operation: Goitre often occurs in the unborn child, in the adolescent; and in the expectant mother: But it Is all preventable: Our means of prevention comes from the sea: These foods are rich in iodine : edible seaweed, seameal, fish; shellfish; codliver oil: But foods are not enough The best preventive is lodised Salt AII over the world; wherever lodised Salt has been continually used by the whole population; Goitre has declined. In New Zealand, only one-third the amount of lodised Salt needed to prevent Goitre; is being used: lodised Salt should be Your only salt for cooking and table use: Expectant mothers ! Prevention of Goitre should begin before birth: Are You getting plenty of iodine foods? For HEALTHIER nation
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 250, 6 April 1944, Page 18
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189Page 18 Advertisement 1 New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 250, 6 April 1944, Page 18
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