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.
Overt selenium deficiency is associated with dilated cardiomyopathy, skeletal muscle myopathy, osteoathropathy, and cretinism (in iodine-deficient populations), and more marginal deficiencies may contribute to reduced immune function, some cancers, and viral diseases (reviewed in 2, 3).