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This study estimated dietary intakes of iodine in infants and children with classical galactosaemia in the Republic of Ireland. The diets of 43 participants (aged 7 months\u201318 years) with classical galactosaemia were assessed for iodine intake using an iodine-specific food frequency questionnaire. Intakes were compared to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) dietary recommendations for iodine intake. The potential role of iodine fortification of dairy alternative products was also examined. There were no significant differences observed between sex, ethnicity and parental education and meeting dietary iodine recommendations. Differences, however, were seen between age groups, causing the p value to approach statistical significance (p = 0.06). Infants consuming infant formula were likely to meet iodine recommendations. However, over half (53%) of children aged 1\u201318 years had average intakes below the recommendations for age. For these children, consumption of iodine-fortified dairy alternative milk was the leading source of iodine in the diets, followed by fish\/shellfish and eggs. An assessment of iodine intake should be undertaken during dietetic reviews for those with classical galactosaemia. Mandatory iodine fortification of all dairy alternative products would result in 92% of the total population cohort meeting iodine recommendations based on their current consumption.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu15020407","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,13]],"date-time":"2023-01-13T02:29:57Z","timestamp":1673576997000},"page":"407","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Assessment of Dietary Intake of Iodine and Risk of Iodine Deficiency in Children with Classical Galactosaemia on Dietary Treatment"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Dearbhla","family":"Milner","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, D04 V2P1 Dublin, Ireland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fiona","family":"Boyle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, National Centre for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Children\u2019s Health Ireland, Temple Street, D01 XD99 Dublin, Ireland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jenny","family":"McNulty","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, National Centre for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Children\u2019s Health Ireland, Temple Street, D01 XD99 Dublin, Ireland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4015-0658","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ina","family":"Knerr","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Centre for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Children\u2019s Health Ireland, Temple Street, D01 XD99 Dublin, Ireland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"376","DOI":"10.1210\/er.2009-0011","article-title":"Iodine deficiency","volume":"30","author":"Zimmermann","year":"2009","journal-title":"Endocr. 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