New research supports lower salt diet for children and young people
7th September 2007
New research published today in The Journal of Human Hypertension shows that UK children and adolescents with higher salt diets have higher levels of blood pressure. The research, based on the data collected in the National Diet and Nutrition Survey for young people in Great Britain (NDNS), shows a significant association of salt intake with systolic blood pressure after adjusting for age, sex, body mass index and dietary potassium intake.
This new analysis of a random sample of free-living individuals, is consistent with the findings from a recent meta-analysis of controlled salt reduction trials in children and adolescents and provides further support for a reduction in salt intake in young people. The paper should be attached, along with this release.
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