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- Title
Potential societal savings from reduced sodium consumption in the U.S. adult population.
- Authors
Palar, Kartika; Sturm, Roland
- Abstract
Policies that address the food environment at the population level may help prevent chronic disease, but their value to society is still uncertain. Dietary sodium is linked to increased prevalence of hypertension, a primary risk factor for cardiovascular and renal diseases. This study calculates the potential societal savings of reducing hypertension and related cardiovascular disease via a reduction in population-level sodium intake. On average, U.S. adults consume almost twice the recommended maximum of dietary sodium, most of it from processed foods.
- Publication
American journal of health promotion : AJHP, 2009, Vol 24, Issue 1, p49
- ISSN
0890-1171
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.4278/ajhp.080826-QUAN-164