Investigating the potential benefits of the FDA’s salt reduction targets

Earlier this week the following paper was published, which investigates the potential impact of proposed salt reduction work in the US. Read on for our summary of the findings. Pearson-Stuttard J., Kypridemos C., Collins B., Mozaffarian D., Huang Y., Bandosz P. et al. Estimating the health and economic effects of the proposed US Food and...

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Brazil’s Salt Reduction Program

For our first blog post, we turn to Brazil! Brazil set up a salt reduction programme in 2007 which has had a successful decade, due largely in part to the cooperation of the Brazilian food industry.  Why is salt reduction needed in Brazil? The Brazilian Household Budget Survey 2008-20091 found that, on average, Brazilian adults consume a...