Thyroid has published a new analysis of NHANES and Vanguard Study data by doctors from the CDC and NIH/National Institute for Child Health and Human Development concluding that iodine intakes of pregnant women from 2005-2009 (129 micrograms/day) is "less than adequate." Overall, the 2009-2010 data show intakes "significantly lower than in 2007-2008. Pregnant women in the more recent period consumed a median 144 micrograms compared to 164 just two years earlier.