Resource Library

Healthier food

Research to support the development of front-of-package labeling regulations for food products in the Americas: Methods, tools, and procedures

Pan America Health Organization

Priority actions to advance population sodium reduction

Nicole Ide et al

Potassium-enriched salt substitutes as a means to lower blood pressure: benefits and risks

Raquel C. Greer et al.

Estimated population-wide benefits and risks in China of lowering sodium through potassium-enriched salt substitution: Modelling study

Matti Marklund et al.

Front-of-package labeling as a policy tool for the prevention of noncommunicable diseases in the Americas

Pan American Health Organization
WHO Food marketing exposure and power and their associations with food-related attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours: a narrative review

Food marketing exposure and power and their associations with food-related attitudes, beliefs and behaviours: a narrative review

World Health Organization

Front-of-package labelling: Empowering consumers and promoting healthy diets

University of North Carolina

Building momentum: Lessons on implementing a robust front-of-pack food label

World Cancer Research Fund International

Core strategies to increase the uptake and use of potassium-enriched low-sodium salt

Adefunke Ajenikoko et al.

Action framework for developing and implementing public food procurement and service policies for a healthy diet

World Health Organization

Reducing cardiovascular disease through salt reduction

Resolve to Save Lives
RTSL’s best interventions for saving lives with sodium reduction.

Reducing sodium in your diet

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Understanding the science that supports population-wide salt reduction programs

Jacqui Webster et al.

Salt-Smart Americas

Pan American Health Organization

Setting targets for salt level in foods: A five-step approach for low- and middle- income countries

Shauna M. Downs et al.

Annotated bibliography: sodium reduction

Resolve to Save Lives

Quezon City’s healthy public food procurement policy: a model for the Philippines and beyond

Indonesian government tackles leading killer with new program aimed at reducing heart attacks and strokes

Indonesia commits to heart health, starting with primary care

WHO Sodium Report

Sodium reduction policies could save 7 million lives by 2030 

WHO global report on sodium intake reduction

World Health Organization

Massive efforts needed to reduce salt intake and protect lives

Mexico Votes to Ban Trans Fat, Save Lives

Mexico’s unanimous vote to ban trans fat

Egypt’s new policy banning trans fat could save more than one million lives over the next 25 years

Egypt’s New Life-Saving Policy to Ban Trans Fat

Five billion people unprotected from trans fat, leading to heart disease and deaths

Five billion people unprotected from trans fat leading to heart disease

New Global Nutrition Database for Packaged Foods

Roundtable on reducing heart disease deaths in Indonesia