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. 2011 Mar 17;7(Suppl 1):6–34. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2010.00306.x

Table 9.

Recommended dosages of daily and annual iodine supplementation (115)

Population group Daily dose of iodine supplement (µg/day) Single annual dose of iodized oil supplement (mg/yr)
Pregnant women 250 400
Lactating women 250 400
Women of reproductive age (15–49 years) 150 400
Children <2 years*, 90 200
*

For children 0–6 months of age, iodine supplementation should be given through breast milk. This implies that the child is exclusively breastfed and that the lactating mother received iodine supplements as indicated above.

These figures for iodine supplements are given in situations where complementary food fortified with iodine is not available, in which case iodine supplementation is required for children of 7–24 months of age.