Healthy Caribbean Coalition -
Creating an enabling environment for population based salt reduction strategies
In July the World Health Organisation and the Food
Standards Agency (London) jointly convened a technical
meeting on salt reduction, in London. The report for this
meeting – ‘Creating an enabling environment for population
based salt reduction strategies’ – is now available online.
High blood pressure is responsible for 13% of deaths globally. The risk of death from high
blood pressure in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) is more than double that of
high-income countries. The amount of dietary salt consumed is an important determinant
of blood pressure levels and of hypertension risk. This relationship is direct and progressive
with no apparent threshold, and salt reduction in individuals is an important intervention
in reducing blood pressure, increasing the efficacy of pharmacological therapies, and
reducing the global risk of cardiovascular disease.
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