Receiving advice from a health professional and action taken to reduce dietary sodium intake among adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Population reductions in Na intake could prevent hypertension, and current guidelines recommend that clinicians advise patients to reduce intake. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of taking action and receiving advice from a health professional to reduce Na intake in ten US jurisdictions, including the first-ever data in New York state and Guam.

Design

Weighted prevalence and 95 % CI overall and by location, demographic group, health status and receipt of provider advice using self-reported data from the 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System optional Na module.

Setting

Seven states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam.

Participants

Adults aged ≥ 18 years.

Results

Overall, 53·6 % (95 % CI 52·7, 54·5) of adults repo

SUBMITTER: Woodruff RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8388260 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature