ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2026
Habitual salt addition and self-reported cardiometabolic conditions among Saudi university students: a multi-region cross-sectional study.
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Background: Modifiable cardiometabolic risk factors include reported added salt, added sugar, and ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption. The combined dietary burden of UPF consumption and its associations with body mass index (BMI) and cardiometabolic disease remain unexamined among Saudi Arabian university students. Methods: This cross-sectional study included university students ( Results: Mean BMI was 22.22 ± 4.04 kg/m Conclusion: This study provides the first multi-region evidence that high reported added salt was significantly associated with prevalent self-reported cardiometabolic conditions among Saudi university students despite a predominantly normal-weight profile. Given the small event count (
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