SODIUM REDUCTION RESOURCE LIBRARY
Find case studies, fact sheets, advocacy tools and more on sodium reduction interventions
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A case study on Singapore’s national strategy to reduce sodium intake through the promotion of lower-sodium alternatives
A preliminary report by the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Innovation advocating for a broader approach to food taxes by applying nutrient profile models to define tax bases, rates, or tiers, aligning taxation with the nutritional quality and health impact of foods.
This guideline builds on the 2010 WHO Set of recommendations on the marketing of foods and non-alcoholic beverages to children, and takes into consideration more recent evidence specific to children and to the context of food marketing.
A policy brief providing guidance for policymakers, program managers, and advocates on implementing comprehensive strategies to protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing by reducing both their exposure to and the influence of such marketing practices.
A guide on how to counter harmful commercial marketing towards children and young people across risk factors for noncommunicable diseases.
Models how many lives could be saved in countries around the world by scaling up hypertension control and reducing salt consumption by the year 2040
Overview of front-of-package warning labelling policies around the world developed by GHAI
Centralized location for industry alerts, policy briefs, and reports to help organizations stay up-to-date on the ultra-processed food and beverage industry.
Collection of advocacy resources on various health food policies such as Front-of-Package Warning Labels, Marketing Restrictions, Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes, and Trans fatty Acids Eliminations.
The NOURISHING database, built on the NOURISHING policy framework, offers a comprehensive set of policies to guide policymakers, researchers, and civil society in promoting healthy diets and combating obesity and NCDs across ten key action areas.
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Virtual course developed by PAHO aiming to strengthen capacity to design and advance effective regulatory policies that reduce the demand for and offer of ultra-processed and processed products to prevent obesity and diet-related NCDs in the Region of the Americas.
Provides centralized access to category level nutrient data for packaged foods sold around the world
Sodium reduction is the single most important dietary intervention for improving heart health and saving lives in India. Learn more in this resource developed by Resolve to Save Lives.
Learn more about Resolve to Save Lives’ comprehensive, cost-effective interventions to promote healthier diets and save lives in India.
Learn more about how Resolve to Save Lives is working to end preventable deaths from cardiovascular disease in India.
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Nutrition standards guide developed by Resolve to Save Lives that governments can use to ensure food and beverages purchased, served and/or sold in government settings such as schools, public hospitals, childcare or child development facilities, correctional facilities and government workplaces are healthy and low in sodium.
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Sodium reduction is the single most important dietary intervention for improving heart health and saving lives. Learn more in this resource developed by Resolve to Save Lives.
A six-step guide developed by Resolve to Save Lives that governments can follow to help reduce sodium consumption at the national level.
Fact sheet highlighting the addition of low-sodium salt to one’s diet to reduce blood pressure and associated risk of heart attack or stroke.
Position paper from GHAI, Resolve to Save Lives and other partners presenting best practices for defining, selecting and using effective NPMs.
This report by GHAI’s Food Policy program reveals how the ultra-processed food industry has aggressively fought against front-of-package labels globally.
From WHO/PAHO Regional Expert Group for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention through Population-wide Dietary Salt Reduction
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This framework summarizes the recommended components of a comprehensive dietary sodium reduction program, and provides links to existing implementation tools, examples of successful programs and other resources.
Resource on the benefits of healthy public food procurement and service policies.
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A document that updates the global sodium benchmarks developed in 2021 for different food categories to help reduce salt intake using country experiences (updated in 2024)
WHO’s monitoring tool that tracks countries’ progress in implementing policies and programs on population sodium reduction. For other relevant score cards see:
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Step-by-step guide to developing front-of-package labels
Sodium targets for the PAHO region (published 2021).
A fact sheet about tips on reducing dietary salt intake for Americans
A support package to help countries in the European region to initiate or accelerate efforts towards population sodium reduction
An article that provides an overview of global salt reduction policies in restaurants in many countries
Short guide on potential use of health warning messages on low-sodium salt packaging
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):
- Salt reduction media campaign (Vietnam): Reduce Salt by Half
- Salt reduction media campaign (China): Love with less salt
- Salt reduction media campaign (China): Hear what the doctor says
- Salt reduction media campaign (China): Low-salt home cooking recipe
A communication guide for patients, nurses, and school staff that features steps and approaches to reduce dietary salt intake.
Salt Reduction Guide for Patients (available in Hindi and Telugu upon request)
Sodium Reduction Counselling Guide For Nurses (available in Hindi and Telugu upon request)
Also adapted use in Ethiopia by nurses, patients, school teachers and students (Available in Amharic and Oromiffa upon request)
A report on methods, tools, procedures and key recommendations on how to conduct research into front-of-package labeling
A how-to guide in planning and conducting an effective media advocacy campaign that aims to strengthen public health policies
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An article identifying high priority strategies that address reduction of sodium intake through home-cooked food, packaged food, food consumed outside the home
Article presenting the rationale, current evidence on benefits and risks, and implications for using potassium-enriched salt substitutes as a strategy to lower blood pressure
A collection of policies that different countries have in place to reduce children’s exposure to food marketing
A comprehensive guide to healthy public food procurement resources featuring policy examples from around the world
A study on the benefits of nationwide potassium enriched salt substitution on cardiovascular health in China
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A nine-module online course to help policy makers and health advocates design, plan, and implement global sodium reduction interventions at low- and middle-income countries
A report on key considerations and recommendations to the use of front-of-package labeling as an effective policy tool to reduce demand and support for ultra-processed food products with high sodium, fat, and sugar content
Outcomes of a narrative review conducted to update an earlier descriptive review published by WHO in 2009 on the extent, nature and effects of food marketing
A fact sheet presenting evidence and progress of food labelling policies globally
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A report on key recommendations and advice to policymakers who are designing and implementing front-of pack food labelling in nutrition policies
Proposes a framework for a scalable and sustainable approach of low-sodium salt use in the home and identifies challenges and potential solutions for effectiveness of this strategy
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A resource that provides guidance for governments on how to develop, implement, and strengthen a healthy public food procurement or service on a national or sub-national level
A how-to guide in planning and conducting an effective advocacy campaign that aims to strengthen public health policies
An informational video that addresses the role of sodium in one’s diet and its effects on cardiovascular health
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Summarizes RTSL’s approach to sodium reduction, including two page summaries for key interventions (sodium targets, FOPL, food procurement and service, low sodium salt, policy advocacy and communications)
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A technical package from WHO designed to assist countries with the development, implementation, and monitoring of salt reduction strategies to reduce population salt intake
Article from the Journal of Clinical Hypertension on evidence for salt reduction
A technical package that offers a rationale and recommendations for a population-based approach to reduce dietary salt intake in adults and children in the Americas
An article that identifies a five-step approach for setting sodium level targets in foods in LMICs
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A collection of literature relevant to the science of salt reduction and on sodium reduction interventions
Cardiovascular Health
Hypertension Control
Sodium Reduction
Trans Fat Elimination
Cardiovascular Health Resource Library
Find guidance, case studies, advocacy tools and more for large-scale heart health programs