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Salt reduction
Ultra-processed foods in Bangladesh are full of salt—and often not saying so
Ummay Afroza, et al.
A new study shows 97% of people in Bangladesh consumed ultra-processed foods weekly, with 63% of products exceeding WHO sodium limits.
Position paper: Mandatory sodium reduction targets for processed foods
Global Health Advocacy Incubator
Clear, evidence-based recommendations to guide policymakers and advocates in shaping and advancing mandatory sodium reduction targets.
Policy brief: Front-of-package warning labels give consumers the freedom to choose healthy
Global Health Advocacy Incubator & Resolve to Save Lives
Use this brief to learn how to adopt FOPL polices and implement nutrient profile models – the foundation for FOPLs that work.
Nigeria launches National Sodium Reduction Guideline
Guide to developing nutrition standards
Resolve to Save Lives
Specific, measurable, and enforceable global standards for public food procurement
Resolve to Save Lives at EPI | Lifestyle Scientific Sessions 2025
Stakeholders gather to protect Indonesians against artificial trans fat and high salt foods
User Guide for RTSL’s Global Nutrition Database
Resolve to Save Lives
User guide that decisionmakers, researchers, and advocates can reference while using RTSL’s Global Nutrition Database for Packaged Foods.
For WSJ, our President and CEO Dr. Tom Frieden talks nutrition in the U.S. and beyond
Lower sodium, longer lives
Resolve to Save Lives
Sodium reduction is the single most important dietary intervention for improving heart health and saving lives
Resolve to Save Lives’ new global guidelines for healthy public food procurement
Meet GIFNA – WHO’s upgraded nutrition policy database
Salt reduction media campaign (Ethiopia): Avoid Food That Is High in Salt (Mok Kalebet) – concept 1
Salt reduction media campaign (Ethiopia): Avoid Food That Is High in Salt (Mok Kalebet) – concept 2
RTSL Global Nutrition Database for Packaged Foods
Resolve to Save Lives
“Reduced-sodium salts…are a great alternative to regular salt”
Balancing sodium reduction and iodine nutrition for heart health
Resolve to Save Lives at CARDIOBASE 2024
RTSL experts take home 2024 Paul Dudley White International Scholar Award
New policies in Nigeria will help save lives from heart disease
Research Roundup: March to July 2024
Salt reduction event at 77th World Health Assembly
Colombia leads on reducing salt-related diseases
Introducing Resolve to Save Lives: India
WHO’s 2nd edition Sodium Benchmarks report
Global sodium reduction strategies course
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Designing, planning, and implementing sodium reduction interventions in low- and middle-income countries
Salt reduction progress and lessons learned from Thailand
New tool helps governments combat nutrients of concern
Salt substitutes can help treat high blood pressure
Salt reduction gains momentum in Thailand