Reduction of salt intake: time for more action

• Main Authors: Jones, Erika S.W., Lee, Hae Young, Khan, Nadia, Charchar, Fadi J., Williams, Bryan, Chia, Yook Chin *, Tomaszewski, Maciej
• Format: Article
• Published: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins 2022
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine; RC Internal medicine; TX Home economics
• Online Access: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/3072/; https://journals.lww.com/jhypertension/citation/2022/11000/reduction_of_salt_intake__time_for_more_action.5.aspx

EuropeanSociety of Cardiology (ESC)/European Society of Hypertension (ESH), the WHO and other organizations recommend a goal of reducing salt intake to less than 5g/day, but the achievement rate is low [1–3]. Populations in almost all countries in the world exceed this threshold, with Asian populati...