Sodium Reduction in Restaurant Food: A Randomized Controlled Trial in China.

ABSTRACT: Restaurant food is one of the important sources of sodium intake in China. We aimed to determine whether a restaurant-based comprehensive intervention program may induce lower sodium content in restaurant food. A randomized controlled trial was implemented between 2019 and 2020 in 192 restaurants in China. After baseline assessment, the restaurants were randomly assigned to either an intervention or a control group (1:1). Comprehensive activities designed for intervention restaurants were conducted for one year. The primary outcome was the difference in change of sodium content estimated by the mean values of five best-selling dishes for each restaurant, from baseline to the end of the trial between groups. In total, 66 control restaurants and 80 intervention restaurants completed the foll

SUBMITTER: Du W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9781955 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature