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- Dutch salt policy makers eating too much salt, partly due to food served in canteen (21st December
- CASH Comment: AJCN paper shows foods eaten in infancy affect preference for salty foods (21st December)
- CASH Survey: Simple swaps for Christmas Dinner (19th December)
- Maintaining or reducing blood pressure to normal in middle age protects against disease (19th December)
- NewScientist asks 'is salt a killer or a scapegoat?' (8th December)
- CASH response to JAMA paper examining urinary sodium and cardiovascular disease risk (23rd November)
- CASH Survey: Rock and sea salt are as bad for our health as table salt, despite the myths (17th November)
- CASH comments on new Cochrane paper (9th November)
- CASH Autumn Newsletter out now!
- Health Select Committee launches report on public health in the UK (2nd November)
- Conference: Natural Sugar & salt Replacers 2011 (16-17th November London)
- One year on, some great salt reductions have been made in coffee break products (8th October)
- WASH Comment: UN High-Level Meeting fails to set life-saving targets for salt reduction (23rd September)
- South Africa sets salt targets ahead of UN summit (16th September)
- It's 'Know Your Numbers' week! Find a free BP check near you (12th - 18th September)
- Salt Awareness Week 2012 will focus on stroke prevention
- High salt, sugar and fat found in takeaway meals (3rd September)
- CASH Survey: Worrying salt levels in your daily bread (2nd September)
- A low salt diet may benefit brain health (24th August)
- Policy options to reduce population salt intake at a global level: CASH Comment (12th August)
- 70% of infants are eating too much salt (1st August)
- Lancet comment - modest salt reduction does lower risk of heart disease and stroke (29th July)
- Significant cost savings could be achieved by reducing salt and fat consumption - BMJ (28th July)
- Latest NDNS published - bread still the biggest contributor of salt to our diet (21st July)
- Consumers still think that sea salt contains less sodium than table salt (21st July)
- FSA tracker survey - More people concerned about salt (50%) than fat (44%) (20th July)
- House of Lords ‘Nudging’ report - CASH comment (19th July)
- High sodium, low potassium intake linked to increased risk of CVD (12th July)
- Salt must be labelled under new EU legislation (7th July)
- Comment on new Cochrane Review on reduced dietary salt (6th July)
- Children routinely eating too much salt (2nd July)
- 'Sodium helps maintain a healthy blood pressure' claim approved by EFSA (30th June)
- Barnsley Bakers well on the way to meeting salt targets (30th June)
- Salt in hypertension and heart failure review published (26th June)
- Salt intakes remain static in Scotland (22nd June)
- The All-Party Parliamentary Osteoporosis Group includes salt in their report on diet and bone health (21st June)
- CASH Survey - Dangerous Salt in Great British Bangers (17th June)
- Research confirms blood pressure increases with age, starting in childhood (14th June)
- CASH comments - Iodine deficiency in UK adolescents highlighted in Lancet paper (2nd June)
- Salt Awareness Week 2011 evaluation now available (19th May)
- Criticism of misleading salt paper -The Lancet (14th May)
- Study questions benefits of a low salt diet - experts quick to dismiss! (4th May)
- Pesto sauces found to be packed full of salt (22nd April)
- Front of pack labelling not made mandatory in draft EU legislation (19th April)
- CASH welcomes two new expert members; Professor S. Capewell and Professor K. McPherson
- Campbell's Soup taken to court in America for misleading sodium claims (5th April)
- Stockport Council hides salt shakers in a bid to reduce salt intake (31st March)
- WASH survey: Huge differences found in salt content of identical pizzas around the world (30th March)
- Salt Awareness Week Survey published - People don't know how much salt they should be eating (17th March)
- CASH survey: High levels of hidden salt found in pub pies (17th March)
- The immediate impact of junk food on your health (15th March)
- Public Health Responsibility Deal launched by Department of Health (15th March)
- West Sussex Council works to reduce salt in bread with the local bakeries (7th March)
- 'Food and You' Tracker survey - 94% of people think salt reduction in important (3rd March)
- High sugar and high salt consumption is linked to an increase in blood pressure (1st March)
- Early details of Responsibility Deal on salt announced (22nd February)
- Salt in fried chicken, Britain's fastest growing food (18th February)
- CASH research featured in BBC3 programme (15th February)
- CASH Survey: Valentine's Day meals excessively high in salt (14th February)
- High salt foods may have an immediate effect on circulation (7th February)
- Salt levels in many Bradford takeaway outlets still too high (7th February)
- Afro-Caribbean foods found to be high in salt (4th February)
- FSA tracker survey - Salt in food is key concern for UK consumers (2nd February)
- Government Buying Standards consultation - Sustain to include salt recommendations in their response (1st February)
- World Salt Awareness Week editorial published - Journal of Clinical Hypertension (20th January)
- Bread is still the biggest contributor of salt to diets in the UK (6th January)