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Salt-Related Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors (KABs) among Victorian Adults Following 22-Months of a Consumer Awareness Campaign

The Australian population consumes more salt than recommended and this increases the risk of raised blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. In 2015, a state-wide initiative was launched in the Australian state of Victoria to reduce population salt intake. This study examines whether salt-related...

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Autores principales: Grimes, Carley A., Khokhar, Durreajam, Bolton, Kristy A., Trieu, Kathy, Potter, Jane, Davidson, Chelsea, Dunford, Elizabeth K., Jan, Stephen, Woodward, Mark, Bolam, Bruce, Neal, Bruce, Nowson, Caryl, Webster, Jacqui
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7282017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32357458
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12051216
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author Grimes, Carley A.
Khokhar, Durreajam
Bolton, Kristy A.
Trieu, Kathy
Potter, Jane
Davidson, Chelsea
Dunford, Elizabeth K.
Jan, Stephen
Woodward, Mark
Bolam, Bruce
Neal, Bruce
Nowson, Caryl
Webster, Jacqui
author_facet Grimes, Carley A.
Khokhar, Durreajam
Bolton, Kristy A.
Trieu, Kathy
Potter, Jane
Davidson, Chelsea
Dunford, Elizabeth K.
Jan, Stephen
Woodward, Mark
Bolam, Bruce
Neal, Bruce
Nowson, Caryl
Webster, Jacqui
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description The Australian population consumes more salt than recommended and this increases the risk of raised blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. In 2015, a state-wide initiative was launched in the Australian state of Victoria to reduce population salt intake. This study examines whether salt-related knowledge, attitudes and behaviors (KABs) of Victorian adults changed following the first 22 months of a consumer awareness campaign targeting parents. Repeated cross-sectional surveys of adults (18–65 years) recruited from research panels. Analyses were weighted to reflect the Victorian population. In both surveys mean age of participants (1584 in 2015 and 2141 in 2018) was 41 years, and 51% were female. This includes 554 parents/caregivers in 2015 and 799 in 2018. Most indicators of KAB remained unchanged. Among parents/caregivers the percentage who agreed limiting salt in their child’s diet was important increased by 8% (p = 0.001), and there was a 10% reduction in the percentage who reported placing a saltshaker on the table and a 9% reduction in those who reported their child added salt at the table (both p < 0.001). Some small adverse effects on other indicators were also observed. During the first 22 months of a salt reduction consumer awareness campaign, there were limited changes in KAB overall, however the target audience reported positive changes regarding their children, which aligned with the campaign messages.
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spelling pubmed-72820172020-06-19 Salt-Related Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors (KABs) among Victorian Adults Following 22-Months of a Consumer Awareness Campaign Grimes, Carley A. Khokhar, Durreajam Bolton, Kristy A. Trieu, Kathy Potter, Jane Davidson, Chelsea Dunford, Elizabeth K. Jan, Stephen Woodward, Mark Bolam, Bruce Neal, Bruce Nowson, Caryl Webster, Jacqui Nutrients Article The Australian population consumes more salt than recommended and this increases the risk of raised blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. In 2015, a state-wide initiative was launched in the Australian state of Victoria to reduce population salt intake. This study examines whether salt-related knowledge, attitudes and behaviors (KABs) of Victorian adults changed following the first 22 months of a consumer awareness campaign targeting parents. Repeated cross-sectional surveys of adults (18–65 years) recruited from research panels. Analyses were weighted to reflect the Victorian population. In both surveys mean age of participants (1584 in 2015 and 2141 in 2018) was 41 years, and 51% were female. This includes 554 parents/caregivers in 2015 and 799 in 2018. Most indicators of KAB remained unchanged. Among parents/caregivers the percentage who agreed limiting salt in their child’s diet was important increased by 8% (p = 0.001), and there was a 10% reduction in the percentage who reported placing a saltshaker on the table and a 9% reduction in those who reported their child added salt at the table (both p < 0.001). Some small adverse effects on other indicators were also observed. During the first 22 months of a salt reduction consumer awareness campaign, there were limited changes in KAB overall, however the target audience reported positive changes regarding their children, which aligned with the campaign messages. MDPI 2020-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7282017/ /pubmed/32357458 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12051216 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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Grimes, Carley A.
Khokhar, Durreajam
Bolton, Kristy A.
Trieu, Kathy
Potter, Jane
Davidson, Chelsea
Dunford, Elizabeth K.
Jan, Stephen
Woodward, Mark
Bolam, Bruce
Neal, Bruce
Nowson, Caryl
Webster, Jacqui
Salt-Related Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors (KABs) among Victorian Adults Following 22-Months of a Consumer Awareness Campaign
title Salt-Related Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors (KABs) among Victorian Adults Following 22-Months of a Consumer Awareness Campaign
title_full Salt-Related Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors (KABs) among Victorian Adults Following 22-Months of a Consumer Awareness Campaign
title_fullStr Salt-Related Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors (KABs) among Victorian Adults Following 22-Months of a Consumer Awareness Campaign
title_full_unstemmed Salt-Related Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors (KABs) among Victorian Adults Following 22-Months of a Consumer Awareness Campaign
title_short Salt-Related Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors (KABs) among Victorian Adults Following 22-Months of a Consumer Awareness Campaign
title_sort salt-related knowledge, attitudes and behaviors (kabs) among victorian adults following 22-months of a consumer awareness campaign
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7282017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32357458
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12051216
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