The State of Salt: How state-based initiatives can drive national action on salt reduction in Australia
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High 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 cost-effective ways to improve population health in Australia. Reflecting the importance of this public health priority internationally, United Nations member states, including Australia, have committed to a 30% relative reduction in mean population intake of salt as part of the global targets for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.High 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 cost-effective ways to improve population health in Australia. Reflecting the importance of this public health priority internationally, United Nations member states, including Australia, have committed to a 30% relative reduction in mean population intake of salt as part of the global targets for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.
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2016-05-31Publisher
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This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.Citation
Webster J, Bolam B. The State of Salt: How state-based initiatives can drive national action on salt reduction in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2016;40(3):203-203. doi:10.1111/1753-6405.12557Share