TY - JOUR
T1 - New evidence relating to the health impact of reducing salt intake
AU - Campbell, Norm
AU - Correa-Rotter, Ricardo
AU - Neal, Bruce
AU - Cappuccio, Francesco
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - This paper is a Position Statement from an 'ad hoc' Scientific Review Subcommittee of the PAHO/WHO Regional Expert Group on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention through Dietary Salt Reduction. It is produced in response to requests from representatives of countries of the Pan-American Region of WHO needing clarification on two recent publications casting doubts on the appropriateness of population wide policies to reduce salt intake for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. The paper provides a brief background, a critical appraisal of the recent reports and explanations as why the implications have been mis-interpreted. The paper concludes that the benefits of salt reduction are clear and consistent, and reinforces the recommendations outlined by PAHO/WHO and other organizations worldwide for a population reduction in salt intake to prevent strokes, heart attacks and other cardiovascular events.
AB - This paper is a Position Statement from an 'ad hoc' Scientific Review Subcommittee of the PAHO/WHO Regional Expert Group on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention through Dietary Salt Reduction. It is produced in response to requests from representatives of countries of the Pan-American Region of WHO needing clarification on two recent publications casting doubts on the appropriateness of population wide policies to reduce salt intake for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. The paper provides a brief background, a critical appraisal of the recent reports and explanations as why the implications have been mis-interpreted. The paper concludes that the benefits of salt reduction are clear and consistent, and reinforces the recommendations outlined by PAHO/WHO and other organizations worldwide for a population reduction in salt intake to prevent strokes, heart attacks and other cardiovascular events.
KW - Cardiovascular disease
KW - Policy
KW - Prevention
KW - Salt
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80052762952&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.numecd.2011.08.001
DO - 10.1016/j.numecd.2011.08.001
M3 - Article
VL - 21
SP - 617
EP - 619
JO - Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
JF - Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
SN - 0939-4753
IS - 9
ER -