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Salt reduction strategies in Portuguese school meals, from Pre-school to Secondary education – The Eat Mediterranean Program

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Rito, Ana Isabel, Mendes, Sofia, Santos, Mariana, Goiana-da-Silva, Francisco, Cappuccio, Francesco P., Whiting, Stephen, Dinis, Ana, Rascôa, Carla, Castanheira, Isabel, Darzi, Ara and Breda, Joāo (2020) Salt reduction strategies in Portuguese school meals, from Pre-school to Secondary education – The Eat Mediterranean Program. Nutrients, 12 (8). 2213. doi:10.3390/nu12082213

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Abstract

High sodium (salt) consumption is associated with an increased risk of developing non-communicable diseases. However, in most European countries, Portugal included, sodium intake is still high. This study aimed to assess the sodium content of school meals before and after the Eat Mediterranean (EM) intervention – a community-based program to identify and correct nutritional deviations through the implementation of new school menus and through schools’ food handlers training. EM (2015-2017) was developed within the school community of two Portuguese Municipalities, reaching students aged 3–21 years old. Samples of the complete meals (soup + main course + bread) from 25 schools were collected and nutritional quality and laboratory analysis was performed to determine their nutritional composition, including sodium content. Overall, there was a significant decrease (-23%) in the mean sodium content of the complete meals among the covered schools, which was mainly achieved by the significant reduction of 34% of sodium content per serving portion of soup. In conclusion, EM had a positive effect on the improvement of the school meals’ sodium content, among the participant schools. Furthermore, school setting may be ideal for nutrition literacy interventions among children, for flavours shaping and for educating towards less salty food acceptance.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing
Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Obesity in children -- Portugal, Children -- Nutrition -- Portugal, School children -- Food -- Portugal, Salt -- Toxicology, Salt in the body, Community health services -- Portugal, Health promotion -- Portugal
Journal or Publication Title: Nutrients
Publisher: M D P I A G
ISSN: 2072-6643
Official Date: 24 July 2020
Dates:
DateEvent
24 July 2020Published
16 July 2020Accepted
7 July 2020Submitted
Date of first compliant deposit: 20 July 2020
Volume: 12
Number: 8
Article Number: 2213
DOI: 10.3390/nu12082213
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
UNSPECIFIEDEat Mediterranean programUNSPECIFIED
171 NU2European Economic AreaUNSPECIFIED
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