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Salt reduction can save many lives at low cost

Home / Improve Heart Health / 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

Mass Media Campaigns

Series of videos launched to increase awareness that excess daily salt intake leads to cardiovascular disease. See in the various projects below: Salt reduction media campaign (Ethiopia): Avoid Food That Is High in Salt (Mok Kalebet): Concept #1 (man in wheelchair) Concept #2: (hear what the doctor says) Salt reduction media campaign

May 4, 2023

“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

social media graphic with black background and white salt shaker in top right corner that replaces the traditional phrase "pass the salt" with "switch the salt" with the word switch in orange and the word pass crossed out. used to promote potassium-enriched reduced-sodium salt

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

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

resources for salt awareness week 2023

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

conference room group photo with members from RTSL, Nutrition International, WHO India, and the Iodine Global Network in the forefront and projector screen with title slide in the background

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

RTSL 2023 Annual Report

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

Colombia cityscape with the words "Colombia is leading the way in tackling salt-related diseases"

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

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

image of Dr. Amit, Dr. Manika, Dr. Swati, and Dr. Murugunathan on stage for a panel discussion for the CARDIOBASE 2024 panel

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