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Population reduction in salt intake for the prevention of cardiovascular disease: the 'Four Imperatives'
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Cappuccio, Francesco (2024) Population reduction in salt intake for the prevention of cardiovascular disease: the 'Four Imperatives'. Top Italian Scientists Journal, 1 (2). pp. 1-13. doi:10.62684/ELQM3750 ISSN 3033-5132.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.62684/ELQM3750
Abstract
Salt consumption is now much greater than needed for survival. High salt intake increases blood pressure in both animals and humans. Conversely, a reduction in salt intake causes a dose-dependent reduction in blood pressure in men and women of all ages and ethnic groups, and in patients already on medication. The risk of strokes and heart attacks rises with increasing blood pressure, and a reduction of blood pressure with drugs reduces the risk. However, most events occur in individuals with ‘normal’ blood pressure levels. Non-pharmacological prevention is therefore the only option to reduce such events in the population at large. Reduction in population salt intake reduces the number of vascular events. It is one of the most important public health measures to reduce the global cardiovascular burden. Salt reduction policies are feasible and effective (preventive imperative), cost-saving (economic imperative), powerful, rapid, equitable (political imperative) and life-saving (moral imperative). The World Health Organization recommends reducing salt consumption by 30% globally by 2025, aiming to reduce salt consumption to less than 5g per day, eventually.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Salt -- Health aspects, Food -- Sodium content, Salting of food, Cardiovascular system -- Diseases, World Health Organization | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Top Italian Scientists Journal | ||||||
Publisher: | TIS | ||||||
ISSN: | 3033-5132 | ||||||
Official Date: | 1 March 2024 | ||||||
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Volume: | 1 | ||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1-13 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.62684/ELQM3750 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 25 April 2024 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 25 April 2024 |
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