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- CASH Comment: Nutritional content of supermarket ready meals and recipes by television chefs in the United Kingdom: cross sectional study (18th December)
- Dietary salt intake predicted total fluid and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage consumption, which is associated with obesity risk (11th December)
- The biggest survey of its kind reveals the alarming amounts of salt hidden in cheese (29th November)
- Chief Medical Officer report released (21st November)
- Health labelling can influence taste perception and use of table salt for reduced-sodium products (21 November)
- American Heart Association reaffirms its 2011 sodium reduction advice to limit sodium consumption to <1,500mg per day ( 6th November)
- CASH Comment: Hybrid Food Labelling (24th October)
- Morrsions announces support for hybrid food labelling system (24th September)
- FMCG Magazine Sept 2012 - Are the salt reduction targets realistic? (17th September)
- Sodium Intake and Blood Pressure Among US Children and Adolescents (17th September)
- CASH research reveals unnecessarily high levels of salt in bacon (13th September)
- Tesco commit to traffic light labels (22nd August)
- Salt Awareness Week 2013 to be held 11th - 17th March 2013. More details to follow
- CASH comment on new catering salt pledges (27th July)
- High salt diet could cause calcium depletion (26th July)
- WCRF: Salt intake linked to stomach cancer - updated (23rd July)
- Study finds alarmingly high levels of salt in takeaway food
- Further salt reductions are achievable (13th July)
- UK Salt intakes continue to fall (21st June)
- Salt intake linked to blood vessel damage and high blood pressure (18th June)
- CASH issues warning over salty children's menus in pubs and restaurants (14th June)
- Life After Stroke Campaign Briefing published by Stroke Association
- All 193 UN Member States commit to a 25% reduction in NCDs by 2025 at the 65th World Health Assembly (26th May)
- Research finds that some hospital meals contain more salt than fast food (20th May)
- Varying levels of salt in your favourite sandwich - Which? investigate (17th May)
- Calls to tax junk food and subsidise fruit and vegetables from Oxford research team (16th May)
- CASH co-sign Traffic Light Labelling briefing with other UK health charities (14th May)
- Department of Health launches labelling consultation (14th May)
- School meals contain about a third less salt, fat and sugar compared to 2004 - School Food Trust (28th April)
- WCRF: Spotlight on salt initiatives around the world (24th April)
- Taxing salt and introducing voluntary targets across 19 countries could reduce CVD deaths by 3%- Presentation from World Congress on Cardiology(23rd April)
- CASH/WASH Chairman Prof. MacGregor is included in the Independent's annual 'Happy List' Top 100 (22nd April)
- Worldwide variations in salt content of fast food from leading chains (17th April)
- People with diabetes urged to control their blood pressure (10th April)
- Salt intake a key challenge in an ageing population - World Health Day 2012 (7th April)
- Get involved with our SAW Which? Conversation "Take it with a pinch of salt? I would if I could!"
- CASH finds high levels of salt hidden in takeaway pizzas (26th March)
- Metro article 19/03/2012 - Next week is Salt Awareness Week; It's time to find out how much salt you're really eating (19th March)
- Charlton House cuts salt levels in their food ahead of Salt Awareness Week (19th March)
- Cranks and Vogels reduce salt levels in their bread following on from CASH's 2011 bread survey (March)
- Which? call for the Government to do more for public health (15th March)
- Adults eat more than 155 BILLION grams of salt a year - BPA (13th March)
- Blood Pressure Association launches new salt campaign (March)
- Salt reduction: we all have a role to play - NHD Magazine, Issue 72, Pg. 6 (March)
- The connection between salt and stroke? - Dietetics Today article published for SAW- Vol. 33, No. 3, Pg 19 (March)
- Salt yourself out - Our Nutritionist speaks to CSMA Magazine ahead of SAW (March)
- Scientists make taste discovery which could help to reduce levels of salt in food (17th February)
- Salt Awareness Week editorial published in the Nutrition Bulletin (16th February)
- Which? survey finds that breakfast cereals are lower in salt but still high in sugar (16th February)
- New evidence linking salt intake to gastric cancer - CASH Comment (6th February)
- WCRF calls for reductions in salt, fat and sugar in food to help combat rising cancer rates (4th February)
- School Food Trust launches Early Years Food Guidelines - CASH Comment (16th January)