Salt intake and salt-reduction strategies in South Asia: From evidence to action.

ABSTRACT: The World Health Organization recommends salt reduction as a cost-effective intervention to prevent noncommunicable diseases. Salt-reduction interventions are best tailored to the local context, taking into consideration the varying baseline salt-intake levels, population's knowledge, attitude, and behaviors. Fundamental to reduction programs is the source of dietary salt-intake. In South Asian countries, there is a paucity of such baseline evidence around factors that contribute to community salt intake. Upon reviewing the electronic literature databases and government websites through March 31, 2021, we summarized dietary salt intake levels and aimed to identify major sources of sodium in the diet. Information on the current salt reduction strategies in eight South Asian countries were s

SUBMITTER: Ghimire K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8678780 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature