ArticleNutrients2017
Sodium Reduction in Processed Foods in Brazil: Analysis of Food Categories and Voluntary Targets from 2011 to 2017.
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- Estimated health and economic effects of different salt reduction strategies on cardiovascular disease in Brazil: a microsimulation analysis.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The effectiveness of mandatoryThe British journal of nutrition · 2025Review
- Monitoring sodium content in packaged foods sold in the Americas and compliance with the updated regional sodium reduction targets.PloS one · 2025Article
- Trends in the healthiness and nutrient composition of packaged products sold by major food and beverage companies in New Zealand 2015 to 2019.BMC medicine · 2024Article
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- Sodium intake according to NOVA food classification in Brazil: trends from 2002 to 2018.Cadernos de saude publica · 2024Article
- Modelling the impact of sodium intake on cardiovascular disease mortality in Mexico.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Initiatives to Reduce the Content of Sodium in Food Products and Meals and Improve the Population's Health.Nutrients · 2023Review
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- A Program Evaluation of a Dietary Sodium Reduction Research Consortium of Five Low- and Middle-Income Countries in Latin America.Nutrients · 2022Article
- A Global Review of National Strategies to Reduce Sodium Concentrations in Packaged Foods.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Review
- Prevalence of Excess Sodium Intake and Their Corresponding Food Sources in Adults from the 2017-2018 Brazilian National Dietary Survey.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Sugar Content and Warning Criteria Evaluation for Popular Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in Taipei, Taiwan.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Development and validation of an instrument to assess Brazilians' knowledge, perceptions, and behaviors toward salt and sodium.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2022Article
- Reducing Sodium Consumption in Mexico: A Strategy to Decrease the Morbidity and Mortality of Cardiovascular Diseases.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Health impacts caused by excessive sodium consumption in Brazil: results of the GBD 2019 study.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2022Observational
- Burden of non-communicable diseases attributable to dietary risks in Brazil, 1990-2019: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2022Article
- Salt-related practices and its association with 24-hour urinary sodium excretion in an Uruguayan population cohort.Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, are responsible for over 70% of deaths in Brazil. Currently, over 25% of Brazilian adults are diagnosed as hypertensive; overall, current dietary sodium intake in Brazil (4700 mg/person) is over twice the international recommendations, and 70-90% of adolescents and adults consume excessive sodium. National sodium reduction strategies consider the main dietary sources of sodium to be added salt to foods, foods consumed outside of the household, and sodium in processed foods. The national voluntary strategy for sodium reduction in priority food categories has been continuously monitored over a 6-year period (2011-2017) and there was a significant 8-34% reduction in the average sodium content of over half food categories. Different food categories have undergone differing reductions in sodium over time, aiding gradual biannual targets to allow industries to develop new technologies and consumers to adapt to foods with less salt. By 2017, most products of all food categories had met the regional targets proposed by the Pan American Health Organization, showing that voluntary sodium reduction strategies can potentially contribute to food reformulation. Nevertheless, regulatory approaches may still be necessary in the future in order to reach all food producers and to allow stronger enforcement to meet more stringent regional targets.
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