A Systematic Review of the Sources of Dietary Salt Around the World.

ABSTRACT: Excess salt intake contributes to hypertension and increased cardiovascular disease risk. Efforts to implement effective salt-reduction strategies require accurate data on the sources of salt consumption. We therefore performed a systematic review to identify the sources of dietary salt around the world. We systematically searched peer-reviewed and gray literature databases for studies that quantified discretionary (salt added during cooking or at the table) and nondiscretionary sources of salt and those that provided information about the food groups contributing to dietary salt intake. Exploratory linear regression analysis was also conducted to assess whether the proportion of discretionary salt intake is related to the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita of a country. We identified

SUBMITTER: Bhat S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7231587 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature