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Hyval_the_Emolga t1_j259ljr wrote

So this doesn’t say anything about kids in higher income countries. Is this making up for a deficiency in the body that they don’t suffer from or would it be effective in US/EU/etc ?

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MrBwnrrific t1_j27i9b4 wrote

That’s a key point here. It’s pretty well known that malnutrition as an ill effect on childhood cognitive development, so it tracks the opposite would be seen if those kids were getting nutrition they previously lacked

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Hyval_the_Emolga t1_j28sx2s wrote

I feel the need to relate this to the rise in IQ from the introduction of iodized salt somehow

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