EUthyroid2 is a Horizon Europe-funded public health research project that aims to improve awareness with respect to iodine deficiency and iodine-deficiency related disorders (IDD) and highlight the importance of iodine nutrition, especially among adolescents and young people.
The project brings together renowned experts from various fields, including epidemiologists, endocrinologists, nutritionists, health economists, and communication specialists from a broad range of educational institutions, countries, and organizations with global reach such as Thyroid Federation International, Iodine Global Network, and World Iodine Association.
The first EUthyroid project drew global attention to the fact that up to half of the region’s newborns are at risk of iodine deficiency and uncovered major limitations in awareness of the importance of iodine nutrition.
Thus, EUthyroid2 will develop best-practice models to inform children, adolescents, and young women, increase their knowledge, and improve their iodine status in order to lay the foundation for their own thyroid and general health and that of their offspring.
Implementation studies and community-based randomised-controlled intervention trials will be conducted in educational and ambulatory-care settings in eight study regions.
Within EUthyroid2, TFI is responsible for the communication and dissemination of results (WP5). Together with IGN and WIA, TFI aims to increase awareness of the important role of iodine nutrition among adolescents and young people, the scientific community, medical professionals, and policymakers.
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