全国每年可少生痴呆儿上百万国际碘缺乏病理事会执行主席赫特泽教授说,孕妇只要补充足够的碘,中国每年就可少生出一百万的痴呆儿。我国目前有4万人口生活在缺碘地区,占全球受碘缺乏威胁人口的40%,由此则造成的缺碘性病人约1600万。碘缺乏不仅可引起甲状腺肿、 Every year in the country, there are fewer than 1 million dementia. According to Professor Hetze, executive director of the International Council on Iodine Deficiency Disorders, millions of dementia children can be born fewer each year in China as long as enough iodine is added to pregnant women. At present, 40,000 people in China live in areas lacking iodine, accounting for 40% of the world’s population threatened by iodine deficiency, resulting in about 16 million iodine-deficiency patients. Iodine deficiency can not only cause goiter,