The group was established in June 2012 and has two or three meetings per year
The group has met on two occasions during 2013 in London and has had one telephone conference.
A mission statement has been prepared:
Activities
- Article for the Institute of Welsh Affairs journal by J Lazarus, leading to article in Welsh national press (Western Mail) – see: http://bit.ly/ZHQ2oL
- Letter published in JAMA: Iodine Supplements Before and After Pregnancy, Bath SC, Jolly K, Rayman MP http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1674227
- Presentation by J Lazarus to the Associate Parliamentary Food and Health Forum about iodine deficiency in the UK in the House of Lords on 12 February: http://www.fhf.org.uk/meetings.php?meeting_id=21
- Presentation by J Lazarus at BES meeting Harrogate, March 2013, ‘The UK is an underdeveloped country- The Iodine Scandal’
- UK Iodine Group poster
- Iodine Fact Sheet compiled by The University of Surrey
- Letter to The Times, 6 May 2013
- Iodine Deficiency: Still a World Wide Problem, The Endocrinologist, Summer 2013
- Should we be worried about iodine? Newsletter of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Summer 2013
- BBC Radio 4’s Inside Health programme – 25 June 2013
- Meeting with Federation of British Bakers
- Attendance at Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) meetings.
Aims for 2014
- Engage wider population through social media
- Continue advocacy
- Encourage studies on iodine nutrition in pregnancy and lactation