Reducing Salt Intake in China with “Action on Salt China” (ASC): Protocol for Campaigns and Randomized Controlled Trials

• DOI: 10.2196/15933
• Publication Date: 2020-01-14T03:41:05Z
• Authors: Puhong Zhang; Feng J He; Yuan Li; Changning Li; Jing Wu; Jixiang Ma; Bing Zhang; Huijun Wang; Yinghua Li; Junhua Han; Rong Luo; Jing He; Xian Li; Yu Liu; Changqiong Wang; Monique Tan; Graham A MacGregor; Xinhua Li
• Keywords: 2. Zero hunger; China; Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics; scaling-up; R; R858-859.7; 6. Clean water; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; 24-hour urinary sodium; randomized controlled trials; Protocol; dietary; Medicine; salt reduction; sodium

Salt intake in China is over twice the maximum recommendation of World Health Organization. Unlike most developed countries where salt mainly derived from prepackaged foods, around 80% consumed added during cooking.