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The Australian Food and Health Dialogue – the implications of the sodium recommendation for pasta sauces
Trevena, H; Dunford, E; Neal, B; Webster, JPublished 2013-07-18Objective: To assess the change in Na content of Australian pasta sauces between 2008 and 2011. A secondary objective was to project the mean Na content of these same products in 2014 using the Australian Food and Health ...Open AccessArticle -
Behaviour change strategies for reducing blood pressure-related disease burden: findings from a global implementation research programme
Peiris, D; Thompson, SR; Beratarrechea, A; Cárdenas, MK; Diez-Canseco, F; Goudge, J; Gyamfi, J; Kamano, JH; Irazola, V; Johnson, C; Kengne, AP; Keat, NK; Miranda, JJ; Mohan, S; Mukasa, B; Ng, E; Nieuwlaat, R; Ogedegbe, O; Ovbiagele, B; Plange-Rhule, J; Praveen, D; Salam, A; Thorogood, M; Thrift, AG; Vedanthan, R; Waddy, P; Webster, J; Webster, R; Yeates, K; Yusoff, K; Hypertension Research Programme membersPublished 2015-11-09Background: The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases comprises the majority of the world’s public research funding agencies. It is focussed on implementation research to tackle the burden of chronic diseases in low- and ...Open AccessArticle -
Cost-effectiveness of reducing salt intake in the Pacific Islands: protocol for a before and after intervention study
Webster, J; Snowdon, W; Moodie, M; Viali, S; Schultz, J; Bell, C; Land, MA; Downs, S; Christoforou, A; Dunford, E; Barzi, F; Woodward, M; Neal, BPublished 2014-02-04Background: There is broad consensus that diets high in salt are bad for health and that reducing salt intake is a cost-effective strategy for preventing chronic diseases. The World Health Organization has been supporting ...Open AccessArticle -
Designing a Healthy Food Partnership: Lessons from the Australian Food and Health Dialogue
Jones, A; Magnusson, R; Swinburn, B; Webster, J; Wood, A; Sacks, G; Neal, BPublished 2016-07-27Background: Poor diets are a leading cause of disease burden worldwide. In Australia, the Federal Government established the Food and Health Dialogue (the Dialogue) in 2009 to address this issue, primarily through food ...Open AccessArticle -
Developing a national salt reduction strategy for Mongolia
Enkhtungalag, B; Batjargal, J; Chimedsuren, O; Tsogzolmaa, B; Anderson, CS; Webster, JPublished 2015-06-01BACKGROUND: The increase in prevalence of risk factors such as hypertension has contributed to an incremental rise in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Mongolia over recent decades, such that they now account for 80% of ...Open AccessArticle -
Dietary Salt Intake and Discretionary Salt Use in Two General Population Samples in Australia: 2011 and 2014
Nowson, C; Lim, K; Grimes, C; O'Halloran, S; Land, MA; Webster, J; Shaw, J; Chalmers, J; Smith, W; Flood, V; Woodward, M; Neal, BPublished 2015-12-15The limited Australian measures to reduce population sodium intake through national initiatives targeting sodium in the food supply have not been evaluated. The aim was, thus, to assess if there has been a change in salt ...Open AccessArticle -
Dietary sodium and iodine in remote Indigenous Australian communities: will salt-reduction strategies increase risk of iodine deficiency? A cross-sectional analysis and simulation study
McMahon, E; Webster, J; O'Dea, K; Brimblecombe, JPublished 2015-12-30Background: Excess salt intake is a global issue. Effective salt-reduction strategies are needed, however, as salt is a vehicle for iodine fortification, these strategies may also reduce iodine intake. This study examines ...Open AccessArticle -
Drop the Salt! Assessing the impact of a public health advocacy strategy on Australian government policy on salt
Webster, J; Dunford, E; Kennington, S; Neal, B; Chapman, SPublished 2014-01-01Objective: In 2007 the Australian Division of World Action on Salt and Health (AWASH) launched a campaign to encourage the Australian government to take action to reduce population salt intake. The objective of the present ...Open AccessArticle -
Effects of a community-based salt reduction program in a regional Australian population
Land, MA; Wu, JHY; Selwyn, A; Crino, M; Woodward, M; Chalmers, J; Webster, J; Nowson, C; Jeffery, P; Smith, W; Flood, V; Neal, BPublished 2016-05-11Background: Salt reduction is a public health priority but there are few studies testing the efficacy of plausible salt reduction programs. Methods: A multi-faceted, community-based salt reduction program using the ...Open AccessArticle -
Monitoring the levels of important nutrients in the food supply
Neal, B; Sacks, G; Swinburn, B; Vandevijvere, S; Dunford, E; Snowdon, W; Webster, J; Barquera, S; Friel, S; Hawkes, C; Kelly, B; Kumanyika, S; L'Abbé, M; Lee, A; Lobstein, T; Ma, J; Macmullan, J; Mohan, S; Monteiro, C; Rayner, M; Sanders, D; Walker, C; INFORMASPublished 2013-09-17A food supply that delivers energy‐dense products with high levels of salt, saturated fats and trans fats, in large portion sizes, is a major cause of non‐communicable diseases (NCDs). The highly processed foods produced ...Open AccessArticle -
Population-level interventions in government jurisdictions for dietary sodium reduction
McLaren, L; Sumar, N; Barberio, AM; Trieu, K; Lorenzetti, DL; Tarasuk, V; Webster, J; Campbell, NRCPublished 2016-09-16Background: Excess dietary sodium consumption is a risk factor for high blood pressure, stroke and cardiovascular disease. Currently, dietary sodium consumption in almost every country is too high. Excess sodium intake is ...Open AccessArticle -
Protocol for developing the evidence base for a national salt reduction programme for India
Johnson, C; Mohan, S; Praveen, D; Woodward, M; Maulik, PK; Shivashankar, R; Amarchand, R; Webster, J; Dunford, E; Thout, SR; MacGregor, G; He, F; Reddy, S; Krishnan, A; Prabhakaran, D; Neal, BPublished 2014-10-24Introduction: The scientific evidence base in support of salt reduction is strong but the data required to translate these insights into reduced population salt intake are mostly absent. The aim of this research project ...Open AccessArticle -
Protocol for the implementation and evaluation of a community-based intervention seeking to reduce dietary salt intake in Lithgow, Australia
Land, MA; Jeffery, P; Webster, J; Crino, M; Chalmers, J; Woodward, M; Nowson, C; Smith, W; Flood, V; Neal, BPublished 2014-04-14Background: Excess dietary salt is a leading risk for health. Multiple health, government, industry and community organisations have identified the need to reduce consumption of dietary salt. This project seeks to implement ...Open AccessArticle -
Reliable Quantification of the Potential for Equations Based on Spot Urine Samples to Estimate Population Salt Intake: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Huang, L; Crino, M; Wu, JHY; Woodward, M; Land, MA; McLean, R; Webster, J; Enkhtungalag, B; Nowson, CA; Elliott, P; Cogswell, M; Toft, U; Mill, JG; Furlanetto, TW; Ilich, JZ; Hong, YH; Cohall, D; Luzardo, L; Noboa, O; Holm, E; Gerbes, AL; Senousy, B; Pinar Kara, S; Brewster, LM; Ueshima, H; Subramanian, S; Teo, BW; Allen, N; Choudhury, SR; Polonia, J; Yasuda, Y; Campbell, NR; Neal, B; Peterson, KSPublished 2016-09-21BACKGROUND: Methods based on spot urine samples (a single sample at one time-point) have been identified as a possible alternative approach to 24-hour urine samples for determining mean population salt intake. OBJECTIVE: ...Open AccessArticle -
Salt intake assessed by 24 h urinary sodium excretion in a random and opportunistic sample in Australia
Land, MA; Webster, J; Christoforou, A; Praveen, D; Jeffrey, P; Chalmers, J; Smith, W; Woodward, M; Barzi, F; Nowson, C; Flood, V; Neal, BPublished 2014-01-16Objective: The gold standard method for measuring population sodium intake is based on a 24 h urine collection carried out in a random population sample. However, because participant burden is high, response rates are ...Open AccessArticle -
Salt intake reduction efforts: advances and challenges
Isma'eel, H; Schoenhagen, P; Webster, JPublished 2015-06-01The articles in this special issue of Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy describe the efforts to reduce salt intake in different parts of the world, including South America, Africa, the Middle East, the Far East (China ...Open AccessArticle -
Salt reduction in Australia: from advocacy to action
Webster, J; Trieu, K; Dunford, E; Nowson, C; Jolly, KA; Greenland, R; Reimers, J; Bolam, BPublished 2015-06-01Background: As part of its endorsement of the World Health Organization’s Global Action Plan to prevent non-communicable diseases, the Federal Government of Australia has committed to a 30% reduction in average population ...Open AccessArticle -
The State of Salt: How state-based initiatives can drive national action on salt reduction in Australia
Webster, J; Bolam, BPublished 2016-05-31High dietary salt intake is the primary modifiable cause of hypertension, an important biomedical risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Population salt reduction is therefore potentially one of the most efficient and ...Open AccessArticle
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