Iodine nutrition with North Atlantic living: the Faroese adolescents

J Nutr Sci. 2023 Feb 8:12:e17. doi: 10.1017/jns.2022.111. eCollection 2023.

Herborg Líggjasardóttir Johannesen^{1

2}, Stig Andersen^{3

4

5}, Stine Linding Andersen^{3

6}, Kári Rubek Nielsen^{2

7}, Pál Weihe^{2

8}, Maria Skaalum Petersen^{2

8}, Anna Sofía Veyhe^{2

8}

¹ Department of Endocrinology and Medicine, The National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands.
² Center of Health Science, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands.
³ Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
⁴ Arctic Health Research Centre, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
⁵ Greenland Centre for Health Research, University of Greenland, Nuuk, Greenland.
⁶ Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
⁷ Department of Gastroenterology and Medicine, The National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands.
⁸ Department of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, The Faroese Hospital System, Torshavn, Faroe Islands.

Abstract

Keywords: Artic society; Faroe Islands; Health survey; Iodine status; Urinary iodine excretion.