Resources
It’s time to shine the spotlight on SALT
Regularly eating too much salt can increase our risk of developing high blood pressure. Regardless of our age, gender or ethnicity, we all stand to benefit from reducing our salt intake. The earlier we adapt to a lower salt diet, the less damage we create for our hearts, but with blood pressure in children rising, it's clear that salt is not just an issue for older generations.
Over the course of the week, we will be bringing the spotlight back on salt for the sake of all our health, and highlighting how the salt present in everyday foods really add up.
We will be calling for the food industry, including the eating out of home sector, to do more to reduce the amount of salt they add to our food, including providing us with healthier options, and encouraging the public to make small changes to their eating, cooking and purchasing habits.
RESOURCES
WASSH
Salt Week poster 
Social Media Images 
Salt Reduction Toolkit for South East Asia Region
Salt Reduction Toolkit for Eastern Mediterranean Region
Fact sheet on salt reduction in low- and middle-income countries
Policy resource highlighting ‘what works’ for salt reduction
Information on our salt reduction projects
Global salt content in food product surveys
World Health Organization
Updated PAHO Regional Sodium Reduction Targets
Global sodium benchmarks for different food categories
Accelerating salt reduction in Europe
PAHO Salt-Smart Americas: A Guide for Country-Level Action
PAHO A review of methods to determine the main sources of salt in the diet
WHO EMRO How to obtain measures of population-level sodium intake in 24-hour urine samples
A Guide for Setting Targets and Timelines to Reduce the Salt Content of Food
Call to Action
Other Resources
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Global sodium reduction strategies course
Resolve to Save Lives Sodium Reduction Resource Library
Setting targets for salt levels in foods: A five-step approach for low- and middle-income countries
