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How will South Africa’s mandatory salt reduction policy affect its salt iodisation programme? A cross-sectional analysis from the WHO-SAGE Wave 2 Salt & Tobacco study

OBJECTIVE: The WHO’s global targets for non-communicable disease reduction recommend consumption of<5 g salt/day. In 2016, South Africa was the first country to legislate maximum salt levels in processed foods. South Africa’s salt iodisation fortification programme has successfully addressed iodi...

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Autores principales: Charlton, Karen, Ware, Lisa Jayne, Baumgartner, Jeannine, Cockeran, Marike, Schutte, Aletta E, Naidoo, Nirmala, Kowal, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5884349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29602855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020404