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- Title
Initiatives to Reduce the Content of Sodium in Food Products and Meals and Improve the Population's Health.
- Authors
Jachimowicz-Rogowska, Karolina; Winiarska-Mieczan, Anna
- Abstract
Table salt is the main source of sodium (Na) in the human diet. Excessive supply of Na in a diet is strongly linked to many non-communicable human diseases, such as hypertension, obesity and stomach cancer. The World Health Organization recommends that daily intake of salt in adult diets should be kept below 5 g/person/day, which corresponds to 2 g Na/person/day. However, on average, adults consume about 9–10 g/person/day, and children and young people about 7–8 g/person/day. Initiatives to reduce salt intake include modifications of food composition in collaboration with the food industry, education of consumers, salt marking on foodstuff labels and taxation of salt. A need also exists to educate society so that they choose low-sodium products. In view of the food technology and amount of salt intake, the most important and the easiest change to make is to reduce the content of salt in baked goods. This paper analyses the results of surveys regarding strategies to reduce salt content in food products and considers multifaceted initiatives to reduce salt intake as a possible efficient method of improving the population's health status.
- Subjects
OBESITY risk factors; HYPERTENSION risk factors; STOMACH tumors; WORLD Health Organization; SALT-free diet; FOOD industry; FOOD consumption; FOOD science; SURVEYS; INTERPROFESSIONAL relations; POPULATION health; GRAIN; DIETARY sodium; MEALS; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Nutrients, 2023, Vol 15, Issue 10, p2393
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu15102393