title: [Overall child development: beyond pharmacological iodine supplementation].
abstract: Iodine deficiency is a factor that may compromise child development, but is not the only one. Other health determinants, some of them outside the healthcare system, are able to influence development. Fighting iodine deficiency may be a pragmatic and useful strategy if it is found to be not maleficent, beneficial to health, and cost-effective, and does not make us lose the notion that child development goes beyond psychomotor or cognitive performance. This article analyzes such constraints from a critical point of view.
authors.affiliation: Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria, Centro de Salud Montehermoso, Cáceres, España. Electronic address: enrique.gavilan.moral@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gavilán
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiménez de Gracia
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D003677:Deficiency Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D006801:Humans; D007455:Iodine / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D007455:Iodine
keywords: Desarrollo psicomotor; Determinantes sociales de la salud; Iodine potassium; Medicalización; Medicalization; Psychomotor performance; Social determinants of health; Yoduro potásico