2012
November
- CTV News: NDP health critic tables bill for national sodium strategy (5th November 2012)
- New Research: American Heart Association reaffirms its 2011 sodium reduction advise to limit sodium consumption to <1,500mg per day (November 2012)
October
- WASH Release: Joint Statement on the WHO Global Monitoring Framework and Targets (October 2012)
- CASH Release: CASH Comment - Hybrid Food Labelling (24th October 2012)
September
- Food Navigator: Marketing to children, salt reduction and reformulation top WHO regulatory priorities for food in Europe (21st September 2012)
- New Research: Sodium Intake and Blood Pressure Among US Children and Adolescents (17th September 2012)
- Huff Post: In first year, global fight against NCDs gathers momentum (14th September 2012)
- CASH Release: CASH survey reveals unnecessarily high levels of salt in bacon in the UK (13th September 2012)
July
- CASH Release: Tesco (UK) to commit to traffic light labels [PDF 431KB] (July 2012)
- UK Department of Health: Department of Health (UK) sets three new salt pledges, specifically focused on the catering sector (July 2012)
- CASH Release: New food technology report released (UK) - Further salt reductions are achievable (July 2012)
- New Research: Iran - Impact of a community-based lifestyle intervention program on BP and salt intake [PDF 285KB] (2012)
- New Research: Iran - new paper published - Advocacy strategies and action plans for reducing salt intake in Iran [PDF 1,611KB] (2012)
June
- UK Department of Health: Department of Health publishes new salt intake data (21st June 2012)
- Health Canada: Guidance for the Food Industry on Reducing Sodium in Processed Foods (June 2012)
- CASH Release: Dangerously high levels of salt in kid's meals
May
- WASH Release: WHA Joint statement of the NHF, WASH, IASO, WCRF, WPHA & CI accepted [PDF 624KB] (May 2012)
April
- CSPI: FDA Urged to implement mandatory sodium reductions (24th April)
- World Heart Federation: Taxing salt and introducing voluntary targets across 19 countries could reduce CVD deaths by 3% [PDF 253KB]- Presentation from World Congress on Cardiology (23rd April)
- WASH Comment: Worldwide variations in salt content of fast food from leading chains. (17th April)
- Food Navigator: Salt intake a challenge for ageing populations (7th April)
March
- WASH Blog: 'Less salt, more consumer information' WASH catches up with Consumers International during SAW (26th March)
February
- New Research: Reducing salt; preventing stroke (16th February)