Eun Lee, MDIodine deficiency is a nutritional imbalance that happens when you don't have enough iodine in your diet. Iodine ...

even if they don't plan on having a baby anytime soon, because that's the population most likely not to be getting enough iodine. "Women of reproductive age is the population group that's least ...

Iodine is crucial for foetal brain development. It's particularly important in the first three months of pregnancy because the growing baby's thyroid action only starts to kick in at about 14 weeks.