2017
November
- The Standard HK: Half of HK adults obese and sick with high cholesterol, diabetes (27th November)
- Food Navigator Asia: FSSAI accused of taking wrong approach to sodium labelling - with comment from WASH Chairman (22nd November)
- The New York Times: Clearing up the confusion about salt (20th November)
- The Globe and Mail: As Canadians consume 'harmful levels of sodium, officials urge chefs to limit salt but face resistance (19th November)
- WASH Response: Consultation on the thirteenth General Programme of Work (15th November)
- American Medical Association: AMA statement on updated guideline for measuring blood pressure (13th November)
- New Research: Effects of sodium reduction and the DASH diet in relation to baseline blood pressure (12th November)
October
- New Research: Dietary intake and sources of sodium and potassium among Australian schoolchildren: results from the cross-sectional Salt and Other Nutrients in Children (SONIC) study (30th October)
- Bakeryandsnacks.com: Portugal plans tax attack on salty snacks in 2018 (18th October)
- WHO: Using taxes to beat NCDs: success story in Hungary (17th October)
- CASH: New research finds shockingly high levels of salt in pesto as the UK's 2017 salt targets are ignored (4th October)
- The George Institute Australia: Australian ready meals are saltier than ever: study (3rd October)
September
- WHO: Noncommunicable Disease Progress Monitor (September 2017)
- The Lancet: Global, regional and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 (16th September)
- New York Times: How big business got Brazil hooked on junk food (16th September)
- FoodDive: Shaking the salt habit: Are the FDA's voluntary targets sufficient? Includes comment from WASH Chairman Graham MacGregor (7th September)
- New Research: Baseline and estimated trends of sodium availability and food sources in the Costa Rican population during 2004-2005 and 2012-2013 (15th September)
- New Research: Cost and cost-effectiveness of a school-based education program to reduce salt intake in children and their families in China (13th September)
August
- New Research: Collecting evidence to inform salt reduction policies in Argentina: Identifying sources of sodium intake in adults from a population-based sample (31st August)
- New Research: Changes in average sodium content of prepacked foods in Slovenia during 2011-2015 (28th August)
- New Research: High salt intake doubles risk of heart failure - abstract presented at ESC Congress in Barcelona (28th August)
- New Research: Dietary sources of high sodium intake in Turkey: SALTURK II (24th August)
- The George Institute: New research shows family favourite cooking sauces are packed with salt (23rd August)
- New Research: More evidence that salt increases blood pressure and risk of kidney disease from the Science of Salt: A regularly updated systematic review of salt and health outcomes (April-July 2016) (19th August)
- New Research: Applying a consumer behaviour lens to salt reduction initiatives (18th August)
- MalayMail Online: Nestle to reduce sugar and salt content in its products by 2020 (11th August)
- New Research: Salt intake assessed by 24 hour urinary sodium excretion of Moroccan adults: A pilot study (7th August)
- New Research: Urinary sodium and potassium excretion and dietary sources of sodium in Maputo, Mozambique (3rd August)
- WHO: Oman beating NCDs at the souk, the restaurant and the bakery doors (August 2017)
July
- New Research: Food sources of sodium intake in an adult Mexican population: A sub-analysis of the SALMEX study (27th July)
- Food Navigator: French people eat too much salt and not enough fibre: ANSES (26th July)
- New Research: Salt reductions in some foods in the Netherlands: Monitoring of food composition and salt intake (22nd July)
- WASH Release: WASH Chairman Professor Graham MacGregor and WASH Member Dr Feng He to establish Action on Salt China (14th July)
- New Research: Sodium reduction in processed foods in Brazil: Analysis of food categories and voluntary targets from 2011 to 2017 (12th July)
- New Research: Associations between dietary salt, potassium and blood pressure in South African adults: WHO SAGE Wave 2 Salt & Tobacco (8th July)
- New Research: Cardiovascular risk associated with high sodium-containing drugs: A systematic review (6th July)
- WHO Europe: Prevention of noncommunicable diseases in Latvia: focus on food product improvement and food reformulation (4th July)
June
- Huffington Post Australia: Worried you eat too much salt? It's hiding in your bread and cereal (29th June)
- Financial Tribune: FDA (Iran) targets restaurant menus to cut salt in food (25th June)
- New Research: A Systematic Review of Fatalities Related to Acute Ingestion of Salt. A Need for Warning Labels? (23rd June)
- The West Australian: The high-salt crackers you want to keep away from your kids (23rd June)
- Food Manufacturer: FSS backs extending sugar tax beyond soft drinks (19th June)
- MarketWatch: Under pressure from food companies, FDA delays plans to simplify calorie labels (17th June)
- New Research: Emerging Disparities in Dietary Sodium Intake from Snacking in the US Population (17th June)
- New Research: Know your noodles! Assessing variations in sodium content of instant noodles across countries (16th June)
- CBC News: Health Canada considers sweeping ban on junk food ads aimed at children and teens (10th June)
- New Research: Sodium Reduction in US Households' Packaged Food and Beverage Purchases, 2000 to 2014 (5th June)
May
- Food Navigator: Nestle to give global Maggi brand a clean label revamp (31st May)
- NYC Health: De Blasio Administration Announces New Calorie Labeling Rules (19th May)
- The George Institute: Australians Consume Much More Salt Than They Think (17th May)
- New Research: Dietary salt intake in the Australian population (17th May)
- CSPI: Sodium Levels Vary Widely in Bread - Why We Need FDA Sodium-Reduction Plan (16th May)
- New Research: Sources of Sodium in US Adults From 3 Geographic Regions (8th May)
- The George Institute: UK research shows South Africa on target to shake salt habit (2nd May)
April
March
- World Hypertension League: Understanding the Science that Supports Population-Wide Salt Reduction Programs (27th March)
- The George Institute: 'Healthy’ breads contain more salt than a packet of chips, study finds (21st March)
- Belfast Live: World Salt Awareness Week 2017: 5 foods that are surprisingly high in salt (20th March)
- New Research: The DASH Diet, 20 Years Later (9th March)
- IGD: Musgrave and Greencore Grocery: reducing salt and sugar in cooking sauces (2nd March)
January
- New Research: South Africa’s salt reduction strategy: Are we on track, and what lies ahead? (Jan 2017)
