Iodine deficiency is a cause of mental retardation, slow growth, listlessness and diseases like goiter. The body cannot store iodine, and it needs continuous tiny doses of the mineral. When a baby does not get enough iodine in the womb, it might grow up retarded. But iodine deficiency is easily preventable.

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