Salt intake and salt‐reduction strategies in South Asia: from evidence to action

K Ghimire, SR Mishra, G Satheesh… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The World Health Organization recommends salt reduction as a cost‐effective
intervention to prevent noncommunicable diseases. Salt‐reduction interventions are best …

Factors affecting reductions in dietary salt consumption in people of Chinese descent: An integrative review

A Chan, SW Chan, M Khanam… - Journal of Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To identify and synthesize the evidence on the perceptions of the health effects of
dietary salt consumption and barriers to sustaining a salt‐reduced diet for hypertension in …

Prevalence and determinants of non-communicable disease risk factors among adult population of Kathmandu

S Dahal, RB Sah, SR Niraula, R Karkee… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background According to WHO, the deaths due to NCDs in Nepal have soared from 60% of
all deaths in 2014 to 66% in 2018. The study assessed the prevalence and determinants of …

Dietary salt-related determinants of hypertension in rural northern Thailand

P Rusmevichientong, C Morales, G Castorena… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hypertension and its connection to high salt consumption have been observed in the Thai
population. This study mainly contributed to the literature to examine the dietary-salt-related …

The association of knowledge, attitudes and behaviors related to salt with 24-h urinary sodium, potassium excretion and hypertensive status

X Du, L Fang, J Xu, X Chen, Y Bai, J Wu, L Wu… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
To understand the association between sodium and potassium consumption levels,
hypertension and knowledge, attitudes and behaviors (KAB) toward salt and the …

Impact of a nutrition education intervention on salt/sodium related knowledge, attitude, and practice of university students

L Cheikh Ismail, M Hashim, AH Jarrar… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Salt reduction strategies help reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases
(CVDs) by reducing high blood pressure. This study aimed to assess salt related knowledge …

Mean dietary salt intake in Nepal: A population survey with 24‐hour urine collections

D Neupane, A Rijal, ME Henry… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
High salt (sodium chloride) intake raises blood pressure and increases the risk of
developing hypertension, a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Little is known about …

Selected predictors of the importance attached to salt content information on the food packaging (a study among Polish consumers)

P Bryła - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper aims to identify selected antecedents of the importance attached to salt content
information (ISCI) placed on food labels, on the basis of a representative survey of 1051 …

Effect of home cook interventions for salt reduction in China: cluster randomised controlled trial

X Zhang, P Zhang, D Shen, Y Li, FJ He, J Ma, W Yan… - bmj, 2023 - bmj.com
Objective To determine the effects of salt reduction interventions designed for home cooks
and family members. Design Cluster randomised controlled trial. Setting Six provinces in …

An mHealth-based school health education system designed to scale up salt reduction in China (EduSaltS): A development and preliminary implementation study

P Zhang, J Sun, Y Li, Y Li, Y Sun, R Luo, X Nie… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background High-salt diet is an important risk factor for several non-communicable
diseases. School-based health education has been found effective in reducing salt intake …