Population-level interventions in government jurisdictions for dietary sodium reduction

Dietary sodium reduction for hypertension prevention and treatment.

Nutritional-nonpharmacological approaches for the treatment and prevention of hypertension are of great interest. Sodium reduction is one of the primary methods recommended for these purposes. The general public is interested in the reduction of dietary sodium intake and has responded with a decrease in table salt use, the purchase of lowered sodium food products, and the use of food labels to ...

A systematic review of economic evaluations of population-based sodium reduction interventions

OBJECTIVE To summarise evidence describing the cost-effectiveness of population-based interventions targeting sodium reduction. METHODS A systematic search of published and grey literature databases and websites was conducted using specified key words. Characteristics of identified economic evaluations were recorded, and included studies were appraised for reporting quality using the Consolid...

Reduction of dietary sodium in Western Society. Benefit or risk?

T HERE is widespread interest in relationships between dietary electrolyte intake and arterial pressure. Attention has been directed to potassium, calcium, and magnesium, but the predominant discussion has been of the possible role of dietary sodium in determining the level of blood pressure in Western society. Experts viewing information from animal research, from intra-and interpopulation stu...

Government market interventions into rice wheat and cotton in iran

Effect of dietary sodium reduction on red blood cell sodium concentration and sodium-lithium countertransport.

A randomized, crossover trial was carried out on the effect of moderate sodium reduction on red-blood-cell sodium metabolism. The participants were healthy high school students (mean age = 16 years, n = 33). Changes in sodium-lithium countertransport and intracellular sodium concentration were evaluated 24 days after a decrease in dietary sodium from approximately 110 to 40 mEq per day. Dietary...