Effect of changes to the school food environment on eating behaviours and/or body weight in children: a systematic review
Reviews the evidence for the effect of isolated food environment interventions on both eating behaviors (including food purchasing) and/or body weight (all examples from US/UK). Seventeen of 18 papers reported a positive outcome on either BMI (or change in BMI) or the healthfulness of food sold or consumed.
Enablers and barriers to implementation of and compliance with school-based healthy food and beverage policies: a systematic literature review and meta-synthesis
This study explores the enablers and barriers to effective implementation of and compliance with school-based food and beverage policies from countries around the world.
At the crossroads: new paradigms of food security, public health nutrition and school food
Describes the emerging dynamics of the new food insecurity crisis and its implications for public health nutritionists; suggests the adoption of a systemic approach and uses school food systems as an example.
Regional Trans Fat Regulations
Fact sheet from Resolve to Save Lives on benefits of regional trans fat regulations
Countdown to 2023: WHO report on global trans fat elimination 2019
Annual REPLACE progress report
Sample Questionnaire for Food Sampling at Informal Food Markets (English)
Annex 1 to sampling protocol from Resolve to Save Lives and Global Health Advocacy Incubator
Protocol: Measuring Trans Fatty Acids in Human Serum or Plasma
WHO REPLACE module A web resource
Surveying Trans-Fatty Acids in Human Population
WHO REPLACE module A web resource
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)
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
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.
NOURISHING database: Restrict food advertising and other forms of commercial promotion
A collection of policies that different countries have in place to reduce children’s exposure to food marketing.
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
Front-of-package labelling: Empowering consumers and promoting healthy diets
A fact sheet presenting evidence and progress of food labelling policies globally
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
Understanding the science that supports population-wide salt reduction programs
Article from the Journal of Clinical Hypertension on evidence for salt reduction
WHO guideline for the pharmacological treatment of hypertension in adults
Updated in 2021
Fundamentals for Implementing a Hypertension Program in Resource-Constrained Settings
Online training course aimed at program managers and implementers
PAHO virtual course on the implementation of the HEARTS technical package
Online training course for primary care physicians, nurses and others health workers
Estimation of the global gap in clinic visits for hypertension care between patient need and physician capacity
Article published in Hypertension Abstract In most countries, only physicians are allowed to prescribe antihypertensive medication. Thus, physician capacity (number of physician clinic visits available for hypertension care) is a critical determinant of hypertension control. This study estimates the global gap between physician capacity and patient need. We used World Health Organization and World Bank […]
Dyskalemia risk associated with fixed-dose anti-hypertensive medication combinations
Article published in the Journal of Human Hypertension in September 2021
Recommended treatment protocols to improve management of hypertension globally
Position statement from Resolve to Save Lives and the World Hypertension League published in the Journal of Clinical Hypertension
Simple, practical hypertension treatment protocols (Spanish subtitles)
Video corto de Resolve to Save Lives sobre los protocolos simplificados de tratamiento (con subtítulos en español)
Simple, practical hypertension treatment protocols (Chinese subtitles)
决心工程出品
Template for developing a strategic advisory committee for hypertension prevention and control
Template with proposed members and terms of reference
Tool for the development of a consensus protocol for treatment of hypertension
WHO HEARTS package tool for treatment protocol development
Fixed‐dose combination pharmacologic therapy to improve hypertension control worldwide
Commentary published in the Journal of Clinical Hypertension
Ben Silbermann joins Resolve to Save Lives’ Board of Directors
April 6, 2023 (NEW YORK, USA)—Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL), a global health organization focused on preventing 100 million deaths from cardiovascular disease and making the world safer from epidemics, today announced the appointment of Ben Silbermann, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Pinterest, to the RTSL Board of Directors. “We are thrilled to have Ben […]
Sodium reduction policies could save 7 million lives by 2030
WHO’s first-ever Global Report on Sodium Intake Reduction shows that the world is off-track.
Massive efforts needed to reduce salt intake and protect lives
“Countries must work urgently to implement ambitious, mandatory, government-led sodium reduction policies to meet the global target of reducing salt consumption by 2025,” said Dr Tom Frieden.