Question

People living in the mountains often suffer from goitre, while people living in the coastal areas don’t.

Answer 1

• People living in mountains are more prone to goitre as most of them have iodine deficiency.
• Iodine is a key element in maintaining normal thyroid function , the deficiency of which leads to goitre.
• In mountains the soil and water have lower amounts iodine , leading to lowered intake of iodine.
• In India the Himalayan belt is known as " Goitre Belt " stretching around 2,400 kms

people living in coastal areas do not have goitre because:

• Goitre is caused due to the deficiency of iodine in the diet.
• People in coastal areas feed upon mainly sea foods which contain sufficient amount of iodine , so they usually do nt suffer from goitre

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