You will learn about the types of new product categories, such as new product lines or repositioned products, and the new product development process, from idea generation to commercialization.
In areas where there is little iodine in the diet, typically remote inland areas and semi-arid equatorial climates where no marine foods are eaten, iodine deficiency gives rise to hypothyroidism, symptoms of which are extreme fatigue, goiter, mental slowing, depression, weight gain, and low basal body temperatures.
1 A goiter (enlarged thyroid gland) can be caused by eating both too little or too much iodine. 2  The symptoms of either can also be the same: hypothyroidism, in which metabolism slows and weight and cholesterol increases; or hyperthyroidism where metabolism increases resulting in weight loss.