ReviewRisk management and healthcare policy2017
Salt reduction in China: a state-of-the-art review.
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- Awareness and Use of Low-Sodium Salt Substitutes and Its Impact on 24-h Urinary Sodium and Potassium Excretion in China-A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Factors affecting reductions in dietary salt consumption in people of Chinese descent: An integrative review.Journal of advanced nursing · 2022Pooled it
- Availability, Formulation, Labeling, and Price of Low-sodium Salt Worldwide: Environmental Scan.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2021Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of the Sources of Dietary Salt Around the World.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2020Pooled it
- Twenty-Four-Hour Urinary Sodium and Potassium Excretion in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2019Pooled it
- Effectiveness of an mHealth- and School-Based Health Education Program for Salt Reduction (EduSaltS) in China: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Within Scale-Up.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- Behavioral Components of Life's Essential 8 Are More Strongly Associated with Cognitive Function than Clinical Factors in Chinese Older Adults.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Nutritional contents, nutritional quality and manufacturer of ready foods in China: a cross-sectional study of 2087 food products.Nutrition & diabetes · 2026Article
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- Dietary intake and sources of sodium and potassium, and salt-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours among rural adults in China: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Salt Intake Among the Iranian Population and Public Attitudes Toward Salt Consumption: National and Subnational Report From STEPS 2021.Food science & nutrition · 2026Article
- Trends of cause-specific cardiovascular disease mortality in China, 2009-2019: a nationwide longitudinal study.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Population-Based Sodium Reduction Strategies in China: Protocol for a Study Using a Combined Quantitative and Qualitative Approach.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2025Article
- Metabolic diseases in the East Asian populations.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2025Review
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- Nutrition literacy and salt reduction measures: a mediating role of salt reduction intention.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Association between Salt-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviours and 24 h Urinary Salt Excretion in Nepal.Nutrients · 2024Article
- The Burden of Gastric Cancer Attributable to High Sodium Intake: A Longitudinal Study from 1990 to 2019 in China.Nutrients · 2023Article
- The availability, price, and characteristics of low sodium salt based on an online salt market survey in China: Implications for scaling up its use.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2023Article
- Stakeholder perspectives on Nigeria's national sodium reduction program: Lessons for implementation and scale-up.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to reveal the latest evidence on salt reduction initiatives in China in order to identify the contextual cost-effective interventions, as well as the barriers encountered during China's long march to reach its population salt reduction goal.
backgroundPopulation-based salt reduction has been considered as one of the most cost-effective strategies in the world for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases. China, along with its sustained economic growth, faces increasing burdens from chronic diseases such as cardiovascular and kidney diseases. With policy support and cross-sector collaboration, various salt reduction initiatives have been adopted in China in order to reduce such dietary risk, especially since the beginning of this millennium.
methodsThis study conducted structured literature reviews in both English and Chinese databases and synthesized the latest evidence on the association of salt intake and health, as well as salt intake among Chinese and population-based salt reduction strategies in China and around the world.
findingsDietary salt restriction has been found to contribute to the reduction of blood pressure among both the normotensives and hypertensives bringing associated reduced disease burdens and great public health benefits. With gender, ethnic, and regional variations, salt intake levels in the population in China are well above the recommended threshold and physiological need. Admittedly, excessive salt intake precipitates the high prevalence of hypertension and cardiovascular disease among the Chinese. Considering that the majority of the dietary salt is added during cooking in China, salt substitutes, salt restriction tools, and health education are the most common salt reduction initiatives with varying levels of effectiveness and acceptability among the Chinese population. IMPLICATION: Overwhelming evidence is in support of a well-coordinated nationwide salt restriction initiative as a key public health strategy for the prevention and control of hypertension and its related diseases. Orchestrated efforts from the government, industries, academia, health professionals, and the general public are required to achieve China's long-term goal for salt reduction.
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