Review of salt and health and worldwide salt reduction

1 December 2011

March 2009

(Wolrdwide) A new paper by He and MacGregor reviewing salt and health, and worldwide salt reduction programmes, has been published in the Journal of Human Hypertension. The paper examines the relationship between a high salt diet and health outcomes such as cardiovascular disease, stroke, left ventricular hypertrophy and renal disease. The review also looks at the evidence suggesting links between salt intake and obesity, renal stones, osteoporosis and stomach cancer.

Approaches to implementing salt reduction strategies around the world are discussed, highlighting successful examples from Japan, Finland and the United Kingdom.