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Salt
reduction can save many lives at low cost Eating too much
salt
raises blood pressure and the risk of cardiovascular disease, heart attack, stroke and kidney disease. Globally, excess sodium consumption (more than 5 grams a day, or about a teaspoon of table
salt
) leads to almost
August 12, 2023
News
“Reduced-sodium
salts
…are a great alternative to regular
salt
”
[…] Executive Director for The George Institute for Global Health and our own Dr. Tom Frieden, President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, call for switching the
salt
we use to a healthier alternative—potassium-enriched, low-sodium
salts
—to improve heart health. Low-sodium
salts
look and taste just like regular
salt
and require no changes to
September 13, 2024
Press Release
China Debuts First-of-its-kind
Salt
Reduction Mass Media Campaign
China leads the world in strokes and heart attacks caused by eating too much
salt
September 2, 2019
News
Salt
Awareness Week: May 15-21, 2023
Resolve to Save Lives is highlighting the risks of eating too much
salt
and sharing ways people can cut back.
May 11, 2023
Press Release
Resolve to Save Lives Announces US $2.3 Million in Grants to Promote Heart Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
[…] initiative of Vital Strategies, announced the recipients of the highly competitive LINKS grants, with awards totaling more than US $2.3 million. Funded programs support blood pressure control,
salt
reduction and trans fat elimination, and include a patient-centered hypertension screening and treatment program in Pakistan, monitoring South Africa’s sodium reduction laws, and advocacy for effective […]
November 7, 2019
News
Pass less
salt
and when you pass it, make it potassium
salt
Would allowing
salts
in which some sodium has been replaced with potassium to be called “potassium
salts
” increase uptake in the US? President and CEO Dr. Thomas Frieden argues that it would, urging the FDA to change labelling regulations to make these heart-healthier
salts
more appealing to consumers.
December 18, 2019
News
Salt
Awareness Week 2021
For this year’s
Salt
Awareness Week, we partnered with World Action on
Salt
, Sugar and Health (WASSH) on a joint webinar highlighting successful
salt
reduction initiatives from grantee partners in Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Morocco.
March 14, 2021
News
Salt
reduction event at 77th World Health Assembly
[…] Health Assembly, Resolve to Save Lives and NCD Alliance cohosted an in-person side event, as part of our collaboration with WHO, about the importance of focusing on
salt
reduction within comprehensive food policies. Representatives from Cameroon, Singapore, Thailand and Colombia shared how their countries have prioritized policies that reduce
salt
and are seeing results. […]
May 28, 2024
News
Balancing sodium reduction and iodine nutrition for heart health
Salt
is often fortified with iodine, a necessary ingredient for health. But too much sodium, the main ingredient in
salt
, is bad for the heart. RTSL recently co-hosted a meeting on “Harmonizing Iodine Nutrition with
Salt
Reduction” in collaboration with Nutrition International, WHO India, and the Iodine Global Network. Discussions focused on the […]
September 2, 2024
Press Release
Viet Nam Debuts First National
Salt
Reduction Mass Media Campaign
More than 1 in 4 deaths in Viet Nam are linked to consuming too much
salt
August 19, 2020
Press Release
New Campaign Encourages Ethiopians To Cut
Salt
Consumption in Half And Prevent Unhealthy Diets
High
Salt
Consumption Puts Ethiopians at Risk of Heart Disease and Death
February 18, 2021
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2023 Annual Letter
[…] of the world’s population—and signals accelerated progress toward the global goal of elimination by the end of this year. Our cardiovascular health work also focuses on reducing
salt
consumption. An estimated 99% of people worldwide consume more than the WHO recommendation of 5 grams (one teaspoon) of
salt
per day. Decreasing
salt
intake
August 7, 2023
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2020 Year in Review
[…] food procurement on the LINKS website Review Published in Nutrients (August 2020) In a review published in Nutrients, Resolve to Save Lives identified seven priority interventions to reduce
salt
intake and save lives: front-of-pack labeling, packaged food reformulation targets, regulating food marketing to children, taxes on high sodium foods, food procurement policies for public institutions, […]
August 7, 2023
News
Research Roundup: March to July 2024
At Resolve to Save Lives, we use our deep technical expertise to support countries in saving lives from the world’s leading killers. From gathering valuable data on
salt
reduction to studying innovative digital tools to tackle hypertension, our team has been involved in important recent research that’s helping to make the world safer from […]
August 7, 2024
Press Release
FDA’s 4-Year Delay in Finalizing Sodium Reduction Targets May Cause 265,000 Deaths Over 14 Years, Study Says
[…] 3,400 mg to 2,300 mg. About three-fourths of that sodium comes from packaged and prepared foods. Another 13 percent is naturally present, with the rest coming from
salt
added in cooking, at the table, and through water and dietary supplements. Many national governments, including those in Turkey, South Africa and Brazil, have set legal […]
February 22, 2022
News
First-of-its-kind
Salt
Reduction Campaign Launches in China
“Love with Less
Salt
,” the first public service announcement to dramatically depict the dangers of the high
salt
diet common in China, debuted on Chinese state television and in Anhui and Shandong provinces. Watch the video
September 2, 2019
News
Community Outreach to Reduce
Salt
In Shandong and Anhui Provinces, China, community engagement activities supporting the Love with Less
Salt
media campaign help reinforce the message that too much
salt
has harmful consequences.
September 23, 2019
News
LINK webinar:
Salt
Wars
ICYMI: A discussion on America’s deadliest ingredient:
salt
. Hear from
Salt
Wars author, Michael F. Jacobson about how packaged and restaurant food have outrageously high sodium content levels. Reducing sodium intake by 30% could save 1.6 million lives each year.
January 29, 2021
News
India’s National Low
Salt
Cooking Challenge
Eat Right India is calling all aspiring chefs and nutritionists to the challenge of creating low
salt
and tasty home cooked Indian meals. The purpose of the virtual event is to promote a reduction of
salt
in foods and improve heart health. The submissions are open from Jan. 27 until Feb. 15. Submit your […]
February 1, 2021
News
Mass media campaign on
salt
reduction launched in Ethiopia
A new mass media campaign targeting high
salt
consumption and promoting healthy diets launched in Ethiopia, and will be shown on television, heard on radio and seen on social media for the next month. This is the first evidence-based behavior change campaign that Resolve to Save Lives has supported in Ethiopia to reduce high […]
February 18, 2021
News
India’s National Low
Salt
Cooking Challenge
The Food Safety and Standards Authority (FSSAI), India held a National Low
Salt
Cooking Challenge, a virtual cooking competition with more than 200 participants from different regions of the country. Each team prepared one complete meal using less
salt
, without compromising the taste and flavor of the food.
March 17, 2021
News
Low sodium
salt
could save millions of lives
Our president and CEO Dr. Tom Frieden called for governments around the world to make low-sodium
salts
more accessible, citing a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine that highlights the potential of low-sodium
salts
to prevent heart attack and stroke and save lives.
October 10, 2021
News
Salt
substitutes can help treat high blood pressure
In a new article published in the American Heart Association’s scientific journal Hypertension, we joined international experts in the call to include
salt
substitutes in the treatment for high blood pressure.
Salt
substitutes reduce risk for heart attack and stroke while also adding much-needed potassium to the diet.
January 29, 2024
News
Salt
reduction progress and lessons learned from Thailand
Sodium reduction is not only life-saving, it also saves costs. In a new article for The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia, we join the Thai Low
Salt
Network and others to detail recent accomplishments and lessons learned advocating for the nationwide reduction of
salt
intake throughout Thailand.
April 9, 2024
Press Release
Massive efforts needed to reduce
salt
intake and protect lives
"Countries must work urgently to implement ambitious, mandatory, government-led sodium reduction policies to meet the global target of reducing
salt
consumption by 2025,” said Dr Tom Frieden.
March 9, 2023
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Netherlands
[…] targets were set in 2013 for the year 2020. Sodium: Packaged Food Sampling Number of packaged food products: 2272 Date collected: 2016 Nutrient type: Sodium Methods Data on
salt
content was collected from chemical analyses done by the Dutch Food Safety Authority sampled from several major supermarkets, including private and national supermarket brands, as well […]
August 17, 2023
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2023 in review
[…] powerful has empowered health care workers to provide better care for patients. The cardiovascular health program we support in China facilitated improvement in the label on low-sodium
salt
, removing a large barrier to the promotion of these life-saving products. Nearly 200 public health leaders from throughout Africa have participated in our Program Management for […]
January 26, 2024
News
Colombia leads on reducing
salt
-related diseases
One in three Colombians has high blood pressure raising their risk of heart disease, stroke and other non-communicable diseases. One major cause is eating too much
salt
—Colombians consume on average more than double the WHO recommended amount each day. In a new video by RTSL and NCD Alliance, Colombia shares how they’ve teamed up with civil society […]
May 25, 2024
News
Resolve to Save Lives at CARDIOBASE 2024
[…] Diets and Cardiovascular Disease’ at CARDIOBASE 2024, moderated by Dr. Murugunathan. They discussed RTSL’s work on promoting cardiovascular health globally and in India, emphasizing the importance of
salt
reduction, trans fat elimination, and healthier oil adoption. The event brought together senior cardiologists, nephrologists, and clinicians, providing a valuable platform to engage on these critical […]
August 25, 2024
News
Ethiopia launches
salt
reduction program
We joined experts from WHO and the Ethiopian government for a workshop to kick off Ethiopia’s
salt
reduction program.
November 29, 2018
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