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Salt and Health: Survey on Knowledge and Salt Intake Related Behaviour in Italy

Background and aim: Excess sodium intake is a recognised causal factor of hypertension and its cardiovascular complications; there is however a lack of practical instruments to assess and monitor the level of knowledge and behaviour about dietary salt intake and to relate these factors to the popula...

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Autores principales: Iaccarino Idelson, Paola, D’Elia, Lanfranco, Cairella, Giulia, Sabino, Paola, Scalfi, Luca, Fabbri, Alessandra, Galletti, Ferruccio, Garbagnati, Francesca, Lionetti, Lillà, Paolella, Gaetana, Simonetti, Paolo, Strazzullo, Pasquale
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7070433/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31973152
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12020279
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author Iaccarino Idelson, Paola
D’Elia, Lanfranco
Cairella, Giulia
Sabino, Paola
Scalfi, Luca
Fabbri, Alessandra
Galletti, Ferruccio
Garbagnati, Francesca
Lionetti, Lillà
Paolella, Gaetana
Simonetti, Paolo
Strazzullo, Pasquale
author_facet Iaccarino Idelson, Paola
D’Elia, Lanfranco
Cairella, Giulia
Sabino, Paola
Scalfi, Luca
Fabbri, Alessandra
Galletti, Ferruccio
Garbagnati, Francesca
Lionetti, Lillà
Paolella, Gaetana
Simonetti, Paolo
Strazzullo, Pasquale
author_sort Iaccarino Idelson, Paola
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description Background and aim: Excess sodium intake is a recognised causal factor of hypertension and its cardiovascular complications; there is however a lack of practical instruments to assess and monitor the level of knowledge and behaviour about dietary salt intake and to relate these factors to the population general dietary habits. Methods and Results: A self-administered questionnaire was developed to assess the salt and health related knowledge and behaviour of the Italian population through an online survey. A sample of 11,618 Italian participants completed the questionnaire. The degree of knowledge and the reported behaviour about salt intake were both found to be related to age, gender, home region, level of education and occupation. There was a significant interrelation between salt knowledge and behaviour and both were significantly and directly related to the degree of adherence to a Mediterranean-like dietary pattern. A hierarchical evaluation was also made of the relevance of any single question to the overall assessment of knowledge and behaviour about salt intake. Conclusions: The study population overall appeared to have a decent level of knowledge about salt, but a less satisfactory behaviour. Our findings point to social inequalities and young age as the main factors having a negative impact on knowledge and behaviour about salt intake as part of generally inadequate dietary habits. The degrees of knowledge and behaviour were significantly and directly interrelated, confirming that improving knowledge is a key step for behavioural changes, and suggesting that educational campaigns are crucial for the implementation of good practices in nutrition.
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spelling pubmed-70704332020-03-19 Salt and Health: Survey on Knowledge and Salt Intake Related Behaviour in Italy Iaccarino Idelson, Paola D’Elia, Lanfranco Cairella, Giulia Sabino, Paola Scalfi, Luca Fabbri, Alessandra Galletti, Ferruccio Garbagnati, Francesca Lionetti, Lillà Paolella, Gaetana Simonetti, Paolo Strazzullo, Pasquale Nutrients Article Background and aim: Excess sodium intake is a recognised causal factor of hypertension and its cardiovascular complications; there is however a lack of practical instruments to assess and monitor the level of knowledge and behaviour about dietary salt intake and to relate these factors to the population general dietary habits. Methods and Results: A self-administered questionnaire was developed to assess the salt and health related knowledge and behaviour of the Italian population through an online survey. A sample of 11,618 Italian participants completed the questionnaire. The degree of knowledge and the reported behaviour about salt intake were both found to be related to age, gender, home region, level of education and occupation. There was a significant interrelation between salt knowledge and behaviour and both were significantly and directly related to the degree of adherence to a Mediterranean-like dietary pattern. A hierarchical evaluation was also made of the relevance of any single question to the overall assessment of knowledge and behaviour about salt intake. Conclusions: The study population overall appeared to have a decent level of knowledge about salt, but a less satisfactory behaviour. Our findings point to social inequalities and young age as the main factors having a negative impact on knowledge and behaviour about salt intake as part of generally inadequate dietary habits. The degrees of knowledge and behaviour were significantly and directly interrelated, confirming that improving knowledge is a key step for behavioural changes, and suggesting that educational campaigns are crucial for the implementation of good practices in nutrition. MDPI 2020-01-21 /pmc/articles/PMC7070433/ /pubmed/31973152 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12020279 Text en © 2020 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 (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Iaccarino Idelson, Paola
D’Elia, Lanfranco
Cairella, Giulia
Sabino, Paola
Scalfi, Luca
Fabbri, Alessandra
Galletti, Ferruccio
Garbagnati, Francesca
Lionetti, Lillà
Paolella, Gaetana
Simonetti, Paolo
Strazzullo, Pasquale
Salt and Health: Survey on Knowledge and Salt Intake Related Behaviour in Italy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7070433/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31973152
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12020279
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