Sodium content of menu and commissary provisions in rural jail exceeds heart-healthy dietary recommendations.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This paper determined sodium provisions from a seven-day cycle menu and commissary at a rural Southwest County jail and compared it to Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) and Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) recommendations for sodium.

Design/methodology/approach

A seven-day cycle menu and commissary items were used to determine sodium content for each meal and commissary pack. Estimates for the menu and commissary packs paired with the menu (commissary scenarios) were converted to a daily average of sodium and compared to DRI and DASH recommendations.

Findings

Menu provisions provided 167% of daily DRI sodium recommendations and 256% of daily DASH sodium recommendations. The sodium content for individual commissary scenarios averaged 218% of DRI and

SUBMITTER: Kuss B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8809525 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature