How three countries in the Americas are fortifying dietary salt reduction: A north and south perspective

Salt (sodium chloride) content of retail samples of Nigerian white bread: implications for the daily salt intake of normotensive and hypertensive adults

“…Thus, because of their popularity with both children and adults, bread and other bakery products have been reported to contribute up to one‐quarter of the dietary salt intake in some countries (Grimes et al ., , ; Ni Mhurchu et al ., ; Villani et al ., ; Woodward et al ., ). This realisation has now prompted many developed countries to identify bread as an important target for population‐wide salt reduction programmes (Girgis et al ., ; WHO, ; Ferrante et al ., ; Legowski & Legetic, ). A salt concentration of 1.1 g per 100 g of bread (equivalent to 440 mg of sodium per 100 g of bread) is the recommended limit in Australia and New Zealand, whereas the Food Standards Agency of the UK recently set an even lower salt limit of 1.0 g per 100 g of bread (the equivalent of 400 mg of sodium per 100 g of bread) as target for bakers to meet by August 2012 (Food Standards Agency, ).…”

Cardiovascular Disease Research and the Development Agenda in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

“…Sodium reduction policies in the United Kingdom, implemented in cooperation with industry, have been associated with lower mean blood pressure in the British population [13]. Several LMIC, including Argentina, have also formed commissions to partner with food industries to reduce the sodium content of the foods that most greatly contribute to sodium consumption in those countries [14]. However, even on the individual level, the efficacy of sodium reduction in decreasing cardiovascular outcomes continues to be debated.…”

Sal y salud, el punto de vista del consumidor Argentino obtenido por la técnica de grupos focales

“…Al indagar conocimientos sobre la relación consumo de sal / efectos sobre la salud, la mayoría de los participantes relacionó el consumo de cantidades importantes de sal con la HTA y en segundo lugar, con la retención de líquidos: … yo sé que te hace mal, porque la abuela no podía comer mucha sal, pero muy bien no lo sé… (Mujer,(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)estudiante) …yo sé que alguien con presión alta debe comer con menos sal… (Mujer,(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25) …”

“…No se estudiaron hombres en estos rangos de edad (18). Por otra parte, el Ministerio de Salud de la Nación lanzó en agosto de 2010 la campaña Menos Sal más Vida para disminuir el contenido de sodio en la producción de pan y prevé que la disminución de 1 gramo de sal en la dieta diaria podría evitar unos 20.000 eventos cardiovasculares por año y al menos 2.000 muertes (19,20).…”