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Healthier food

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

Thousands of lives could be saved each year by eliminating trans fat and controlling high blood pressure in Indonesia

Trans fat elimination is feasible in any country

India is on the way to gaining independence from its biggest killer, cardiovascular disease

​Bloomberg Philanthropies invests additional $115 million in Resolve to Save Lives to continue preventing deaths from heart disease

Food taxes for healthy eating

Imperial College Business School
Imperial College report advocating broader food taxes using nutrient profile models to define tax bases, rates, or tiers aligned with nutritional quality and health impact.

​RTSL India team hosts technical consultation with cardiovascular health partners

Protecting children from the harmful impact of food marketing: policy brief

World Health Organization

Op-Ed: Stopping a pandemic deadlier than Covid

Video – There’s a silent killer in your food

Delayed Finalization of Sodium Targets in the US May Cost 250,000 Lives by 2031

FDA’s 4-Year delay in finalizing sodium reduction targets may cause 265,000 deaths over 14 years, study says

Over 1.4 Billion People Now Covered by Best Practice Trans Fat Elimination Policies

Countries with regulations protecting people from industrially produced trans fat tripled over the past year