AnCaps
ANARCHO-CAPITALISTS
Bitch-Slapping Statists For Fun & Profit Based On The Non-Aggression Principle
 
HomePortalGalleryRegisterLog in

 

 Clueless Professor Quack: Students may need more iodine

View previous topic View next topic Go down 
AuthorMessage
RR Phantom

RR Phantom

Location : Wasted Space
Job/hobbies : Cayman Islands Actuary

Clueless Professor Quack: Students may need more iodine Vide
PostSubject: Clueless Professor Quack: Students may need more iodine   Clueless Professor Quack: Students may need more iodine Icon_minitimeWed Jan 09, 2013 4:34 am

A LACK of iodine may partly explain why Australian schoolchildren are being beaten in international tests by their counterparts in Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong, an expert on iodine deficiency says.

Clueless Professor Quack: Students may need more iodine Art353iodine2300x0



The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has set the goal of Australia's school system being in the world's top five by 2025.

International test results released in December placed Australia 27th in the world in year four reading, 22nd in science and 18th in maths.

Writing for Fairfax Media, Cres Eastman, a professor of medicine at the University of Sydney and an internationally noted expert on iodine deficiency, says the top-performing education systems, including Singapore, Korea and Hong Kong, have diets that are rich in iodine, because of salt iodisation, and the consumption of fish and seaweed.
Advertisement

In contrast, he says a national survey of schoolchildren in 2003-04 has confirmed the re-emergence of iodine deficiency in Australia after an absence of almost half a century.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/students-may-need-more-iodine-20130108-2ceu8.html#ixzz2HTA3k5vT
Back to top Go down
 

Clueless Professor Quack: Students may need more iodine

View previous topic View next topic Back to top 
Page 1 of 1

Permissions in this forum:You cannot reply to topics in this forum
 :: Anarcho-Capitalist Categorical Imperatives :: AnCaps & Psychology, Edumbcation, Even IndoctriNation-