REPLACE: a roadmap to make the world trans fat free by 2023
Lancet commentary on WHO’s REPLACE initiative
Frequently Asked Questions: REPLACE
FAQs on WHO’s REPLACE initiative to eliminate trans fat
Annotated bibliography: Trans fat elimination
Annotated bibliography from Resolve to Save Lives. Updated 5/2018.
WHO global sodium benchmarks for different food categories, 2nd ed
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 Sodium Country Score Card
WHO’s monitoring tool that tracks countries’ progress in implementing policies and programs on population sodium reduction. For other relevant score cards see: Front-of-pack and other interpretive nutrition labelling Public food procurement and service for healthy diets Food product reformulation Food taxes
What’s in Our Food? A guide to introducing effective front-of-package nutrient labels
Step-by-step guide to developing front-of-package labels
Top tips for sodium reduction
A fact sheet about tips on reducing dietary salt intake for Americans
Accelerating salt reduction in Europe
A support package to help countries in the European region to initiate or accelerate efforts towards population sodium reduction
Systematic review on international salt reduction policy in restaurants
An article that provides an overview of global salt reduction policies in restaurants in many countries
Warning Labels for Potassium-Enriched Low-Sodium Salts
Short guide on potential use of health warning messages on low-sodium salt packaging
Research to support the development of front-of-package labeling regulations for food products in the Americas: Methods, tools, and procedures
A report on methods, tools, procedures and key recommendations on how to conduct research into front-of-package labeling
Potassium-enriched salt substitutes as a means to lower blood pressure: benefits and risks
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
Estimated population-wide benefits and risks in China of lowering sodium through potassium-enriched salt substitution: Modelling study
A study on the benefits of nationwide potassium enriched salt substitution on cardiovascular health in China
Front-of-package labeling as a policy tool for the prevention of noncommunicable diseases in the Americas
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
Food marketing exposure and power and their associations with food-related attitudes, beliefs and behaviours: a narrative review
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
Core strategies to increase the uptake and use of potassium-enriched low-sodium salt
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
Action framework for developing and implementing public food procurement and service policies for a healthy diet
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
The SHAKE Technical Package for Salt Reduction
A technical package from WHO designed to assist countries with the development, implementation, and monitoring of salt reduction strategies to reduce population salt intake
Understanding the science that supports population-wide salt reduction programs
Article from the Journal of Clinical Hypertension on evidence for salt reduction
Salt-Smart Americas
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
High Blood Pressure in Bangladesh Can Be Better Controlled for Less than US$10 per Patient per Year
Life-saving care for high blood pressure, also known as hypertension—the leading preventable risk factor for heart disease, heart attacks, and strokes—could be expanded nationwide in Bangladesh for about US$9 per patient per year, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal.