Sentences with phrase «goiter belt»

In the U.S., the area around the Great Lakes used to be known as the goiter belt because the soil is iodine - deficient, and this caused goiter among area residents.

This practice began in the 1920s in the United States, when people from the Great Lakes to the Midwest were suffering from goiters (the area was nicknamed «the goiter belt»).

In fact, that region used to be called the «goiter belt» because of its extremely high incidence of people with goiters.