Salt in the News 2018
December
- South China Morning Post: How good for your health is cutting salt from your diet? Chinese scientists try to find the answer (23rd December)
- World Health Organisation Europe: European Salt Action Network restates its support for WHO goal of reducing salt intake to 5 g per day or less (20th December)
- Just Food: Germany embarks on project to cut sugars, salts and fats in food (21st December)
- Public Health England: Salt Targets 2017: Progress report (19th December)
- New Research: Sodium Content of Processed Foods Available in the Mexican Market (19th December)
- The Sydney Morning Herald: High-salt diets linked to bone damage (16th December)
- The Conversation: Your drinking water could be saltier than you think (even if you live in a capital) (12th December)
- The Washington Post: More salt and less whole grain allowed in Trump administration’s new school lunch nutrition rule (8th December)
- European Salt Action Network: To ease out the policy of population salt reduction to prevent cardiovascular disease is dangerous and scientifically unjustified - full paper available here (7th December)
- New Research: Sources of Dietary Sodium in Food and Beverages Consumed by Spanish Schoolchildren between 7 and 11 Years Old by the Degree of Processing and the Nutritional Profile (3rd December)
November
- Just Food: PepsiCo plans 'traffic-light' labelling trials across Europe (28th November)
- The Guardian: Health chief calls for drastic intervention to cut salt intake (25th November)
- WHO: Study shows Moldovans consume double the recommended salt intake (22nd November)
- The Straits Times: Salt and sugar intake way too high, but fruit and vegetable consumption improving: HPB survey (19th November)
- The George Institute: Action on Salt China gained extensive attention of UK Ministry of Health (13th November)
- Food Navigator: Spain to officially adopt NutriScore (13th November)
- Bangkok Post: Excise wants levy on salty, fatty ingredients (9th November)
- New Research: Salt and cardiovascular disease in PURE: A large sample size cannot make up for erroneous estimations (8th November)
- Food Ingredients 1st: Cutting sodium in processed meat: US start-up cuts salt by 95 percent (8th November)
- World Cancer Research Fund: Diet, nutrition and physical activity: Energy balance and body fatness – The determinants of weight gain, overweight and obesity (7th November)
- UK Department of Health and Social Care: Prevention is better than cure: our vision to help you live well for longer (5th November)
October
- Action on Salt release: Action on Salt Expose Excessive Amounts of Salt in ‘Healthy’ Processed Meat Alternatives and Demand URGENT Action from Public Health England (22nd October)
- The Wall Street Journal: NYC Health Department to Lead National Charge to Cut Sugar Intake (19th October)
- HuffPost: Why Is There Plastic In My Table Salt? Study Shows 90% Is Contaminated With Microplastics (18th October)
- The Gleaner: Trans Fat And Salt Next - MOH To Look At Ways Of Tackling Both (10th October)
- Malaysia Kini: Beware of papadum danger (9th October)
- Food Navigator Asia: High salt intake linked to development of impaired kidney function: Japanese study (3rd October)
- allAfrica: Mauritius: Health Ministry Envisages to Develop Strategies to Reduce Salt Intake, Says Minister Husnoo (1st October)
September
- Food Navigator: French MPs attack processed and 'ultra-processed' food, demanding tougher laws (27th September)
- South China Morning Post: Noodle company creates less-salty instant ramen so Japanese live longer (24th September)
- ninemsn Coach: 'Healthy' snacks may not be as blissful as you believe (24th September)
- Gulf Business: Saudi signs agreements with food manufacturers to cut sugar, salt, fat (23rd September)
- BuzzFeed News: A Prison Study Aims To End The “Salt Wars.” It Turns Out The Salt Industry Wants To Help Fund It. (18th September)
- New research: Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours Related to Dietary Salt Intake in High-Income Countries: a Systematic Review (3rd September)
August
- Le Figaro: After the soda tax, deputies tackle salt (28th August)
- European Society of Cardiology: Few people at risk for heart disease understand food labels (28th August)
- Austalian Government Department of Health: Healthy Food Partnership Voluntary Food Reformulation Targets - Public Consultation
- Ninemsn Coach: Vegan meat is here — but is it really healthier for you? (28th August)
- European Sociaty of Cardiology: Few people at risk for heart disease understand food labels (28th August)
- Le Figaro: After the soda tax, deputies tackle salt (in French) (28th August)
- Riviera Maya News: PepsiCo Mexico announces reduction of salt, sugar in products (15th August)
- Mail Online: Push to pursue salt reduction in food (14th August)
- Tehran Times: 19% of Iranians aged 15-64 afflicted by hypertension (13th August)
- WASH Comment: Response to new publication in The Lancet (10th August)
- Gulf News: Health care facilities cannot serve unhealthy food (7th August)
July
- Bakery and Snacks: Portugal to set mandatory maximum salt levels in bread (23rd July)
- New Research: Salt intake among Iranian population: the first national report on salt intake in Iran (12th July)
- The Times of India: Food regulator to persuade firms to cut salt, sugar in products (9th July)
- WASH Publication: Action on Salt China (7th July)
- Devex: Cities and NCDs: Montevideo's menu for reducing sodium intake (4th July)
June
- New Research, CSPI: Potential Policy Approaches to Address Diet-Related Diseases (29th June)
- New Research: Sodium intake and blood pressure in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental and observational studies (27th June)
- MedicalResearch.com: Accurate Measurements Suggest High Salt Intake Leads To Higher Death Rate (23rd June)
- WASH Release: New research finds flaws in studies that claim low sodium diets increase risk of death (22nd June)
- CSPI: Philadelphia City Council Passes Sodium Warning for Chain-Restaurant Menus (21st June)
- Food Navigator: India's draft 'red light' food labelling regulations in need of "massive strengthening" (20th June)
- Ministry of Health, Peru: Peru makes warning labels on food high in saturated fat, salt and sugar mandatory (in Spanish) (17th June)
- Action on Salt Release: NEW Survey Exposes the Salads That Pose a Serious Hidden Threat to Our Health (15th June)
- New Research: Children can learn ways to significantly reduce salt usage (7th June)
- New Research: Supermarket interventions could play role in public health strategies (6th June)
May
- World Cancer Research Fund: Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Cancer: a Global Perspective (24th May)
- Action on Salt and Action on Sugar Release: The Conversation Continues… Call for Theresa May to Introduce an Energy Density Levy on Confectionery, Make Nutritional Labelling on Menus & Packaging Mandatory and Ban Marketing of HFSS Products (22nd May)
- WASH Comment: WASH support 'Potassium Salt Petition' (10th May)
- CSPI: Menu labeling goes into effect Monday, May 7 (7th May)
- Action on Salt Release: Reduction in Salt DOES Lower Blood Pressure and CVD According to New Review, Which Challenges Paradoxical Studies (1st May)
April
- WHO Europe: Using dietary intake modelling to achieve population salt reduction (20th April)
- New Research: Estimating the health and economic effects of the proposed US Food and Drug Administration voluntary sodium reformulation (10th April)
March
- The Washington Post: One year after delaying Obama's nutrition rules, Trump's FDA says it will embrace them (29th March)
- CTV News: Health Canada seeks public input on labels for products high in fat, salt or sugar (27th March)
- Just-Food: Is Spain's healthy-eating push enough? (22nd March)
- Antigua Observer: Health Ministry wants reduced salt consumption (21st March)
- Food Navigator: Orkla refreshes sustainability goals to include sugar and salt reduction (19th March)
- World Salt Awareness Week - Bombay Times: Stay away from excess salt in your diet (17th March)
- World Salt Awareness Week - WASH Release: New WASH survey finds huge and unnecessary variation of salt levels in bread - WASH urges governments worldwide to take action and protect health (15th March)
- World Salt Awareness Week - The George Institute Australia: Aussie BBQ classic proving a snag to good health (14th March)
- World Salt Awareness Week - Action on Salt Release: Health warnings on Chinese takeaways and ready meals should be mandatory after new survey exposes certain takeaways contain as much salt as five Big Macs (13th March)
- World Salt Awareness Week - Ghana News Agency: Reduce intake of salt to reduce NCDs - INSLA (12th March)
- World Salt Awareness Week - Jamaican Information Service: Consumers encouraged to look for hidden salt in foods (12th March)
- World Salt Awareness Week - IOL: South Africans consuming too much salt (12th March)
- World Salt Awareness Week - Gulf Times: Bakeries cut salt usage under ministry initiative (12th March)
- The Sun: BIG MAC & LIES: McDonald's food has more calories, sugar and salt than 30 years ago despite chain's pledges to be healthier (12th March)
- New Research: Relation of dietary sodium (salt) to blood pressure and its possible modulation by other dietary factors: The INTERMAP Study (5th March)
February
- CASH Release: New CASH Survey Reveals Shockingly High Levels of Hidden Salt in Valentine’s Day Meal Deals Sold at UK’s Biggest Retailers (14th February)
- Food Ingredients 1st: Spotlight on salt (part 1): Government pressure steers reformulation (12th February)
- Global News: Health Canada wants to make sure you know your food is high in sugar, sodium and saturated fat (9th February)
- The New York Times: In sweeping war on obesity, Chile slays Tony the Tiger (7th February)
- Just-Food: Spain to cut sugar, salt and fat in food items (6th February)
- Ingredients Insight: Unsavoury reality: the truth about salt (2nd February)
January
- CSPI: Salt Assault #12: IHOP (31st January)
- The Hill: Trump puts healthy school meals at risk (30th January)
- Daily Mail: Britons have the worst diet in Europe: Highly processed foods make up more than HALF of what people eat and raise the risk of heart disease and strokes (30th January)
- The Guardian: Australian men eating twice as much salt they should, study finds (28th January)
- CBC News: Health Canada says processed food makers aren't cutting enough salt (15th January)