Analysis of factors associated with public attitudes towards salt reduction: a multicountry cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This paper provides an in-depth examination of public attitudes towards salt reduction across seven culturally diverse countries: the USA, the UK, France, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, and Brazil.

Design

Cross-sectional regression analysis with questionnaire data.

Setting

An analysis of questionnaire study in seven countries.

Participants

The study's questionnaire collected responses from 7090 participants across seven countries with the mean age of respondents being 46.06 years (SD 16.96). The gender distribution encompassed 3473 men (49.12%), 3582 women (50.66%), 24 non-binary individuals (0.34%) and 11 who identified as 'other' (0.16%).

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Attitudes toward sodium reduction were measured on a seven-point Like

SUBMITTER: Tanoue Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11481115 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature