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Consumption and Sources of Dietary Salt in Family Members in Beijing
In China, few people are aware of the amount and source of their salt intake. We conducted a survey to investigate the consumption and sources of dietary salt using the “one-week salt estimation method” by weighing cooking salt and major salt-containing food, and estimating salt intake during dining...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4425169/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25867952 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu7042719 |
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author | Zhao, Fang Zhang, Puhong Zhang, Lu Niu, Wenyi Gao, Jianmei Lu, Lixin liu, Caixia Gao, Xian |
author_facet | Zhao, Fang Zhang, Puhong Zhang, Lu Niu, Wenyi Gao, Jianmei Lu, Lixin liu, Caixia Gao, Xian |
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description | In China, few people are aware of the amount and source of their salt intake. We conducted a survey to investigate the consumption and sources of dietary salt using the “one-week salt estimation method” by weighing cooking salt and major salt-containing food, and estimating salt intake during dining out based on established evidence. Nine hundred and three families (1981 adults and 971 children) with students in eight primary or junior high schools in urban and suburban Beijing were recruited. On average, the daily dietary salt intake of family members in Beijing was 11.0 (standard deviation: 6.2) g for children and adolescents (under 18 years old), 15.2 (9.1) g for adults (18 to 59 years old), and 10.2 (4.8) g for senior citizens (60 years old and over), respectively. Overall, 60.5% of dietary salt was consumed at home, and 39.5% consumed outside the home. Approximately 90% of the salt intake came from cooking (household cooking and cafeteria or restaurant cooking), while less than 10% came from processed food. In conclusion, the dietary salt intake in Beijing families far surpassed the recommended amounts by World Health Organization, with both household cooking and dining-out as main sources of salt consumption. More targeted interventions, especially education about major sources of salt and corresponding methods for salt reduction should be taken to reduce the risks associated with a high salt diet. |
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spelling | pubmed-44251692015-05-11 Consumption and Sources of Dietary Salt in Family Members in Beijing Zhao, Fang Zhang, Puhong Zhang, Lu Niu, Wenyi Gao, Jianmei Lu, Lixin liu, Caixia Gao, Xian Nutrients Article In China, few people are aware of the amount and source of their salt intake. We conducted a survey to investigate the consumption and sources of dietary salt using the “one-week salt estimation method” by weighing cooking salt and major salt-containing food, and estimating salt intake during dining out based on established evidence. Nine hundred and three families (1981 adults and 971 children) with students in eight primary or junior high schools in urban and suburban Beijing were recruited. On average, the daily dietary salt intake of family members in Beijing was 11.0 (standard deviation: 6.2) g for children and adolescents (under 18 years old), 15.2 (9.1) g for adults (18 to 59 years old), and 10.2 (4.8) g for senior citizens (60 years old and over), respectively. Overall, 60.5% of dietary salt was consumed at home, and 39.5% consumed outside the home. Approximately 90% of the salt intake came from cooking (household cooking and cafeteria or restaurant cooking), while less than 10% came from processed food. In conclusion, the dietary salt intake in Beijing families far surpassed the recommended amounts by World Health Organization, with both household cooking and dining-out as main sources of salt consumption. More targeted interventions, especially education about major sources of salt and corresponding methods for salt reduction should be taken to reduce the risks associated with a high salt diet. MDPI 2015-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4425169/ /pubmed/25867952 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu7042719 Text en © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Zhao, Fang Zhang, Puhong Zhang, Lu Niu, Wenyi Gao, Jianmei Lu, Lixin liu, Caixia Gao, Xian Consumption and Sources of Dietary Salt in Family Members in Beijing |
title | Consumption and Sources of Dietary Salt in Family Members in Beijing |
title_full | Consumption and Sources of Dietary Salt in Family Members in Beijing |
title_fullStr | Consumption and Sources of Dietary Salt in Family Members in Beijing |
title_full_unstemmed | Consumption and Sources of Dietary Salt in Family Members in Beijing |
title_short | Consumption and Sources of Dietary Salt in Family Members in Beijing |
title_sort | consumption and sources of dietary salt in family members in beijing |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4425169/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25867952 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu7042719 |
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