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High salt intake causes nearly 3 million deaths each year, and reducing salt consumption lowers blood pressure and the risk of heart disease and death. This new course from Johns Hopkins Epidemiology covers proven ways to implement salt reduction programmes. bit.ly/3cFFrWc

I just emailed Matt Hancock asking him to stop the flood of online junk food advertising. Will you join me and Bite Back by also taking action? bit.ly/ad-enough-matt…

Jing Song and co-workers report a systematic review and network meta-analysis assessing evidence on food labeling and purchasing decisions: doi.org/10.1371/journa… Queen Mary University of London UNSW University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau #nutrition #diet

Our latest work showed that color-coded labels and warning labels are all able to direct consumers towards more healthy purchases. These findings could help guide and refine policies on front-of-package labeling to improve population health. Action on Salt Action on Salt

Long awaited development! FDA issues guidance for sodium reduction targets WASSH World Health Organization (WHO) The George Institute for Global Health fda.gov/regulatory-inf…

New study published in @HypertensionAHA models the health benefits of introducing salt reduction targets in the US, along with the lives lost due to the 4 year delay in implementing them - read more on our website worldactiononsalt.com/news/salt-in-t…

Our latest work shows that the delayed finalization and implementation of US sodium targets may cost 250,000 lives in total Action on Salt WASSH Wolfson Institute of Population Health Barts and The London, Queen Mary qmul.ac.uk/media/news/202… via Queen Mary University of London

Salt Awareness Week 2022 will take place 14-20 March! Join us in asking the food industry to #ShaketheHabit and take out unnecessary salt from every day food products, so that we can all live longer, healthier lives #SaltAwarenessWeek worldactiononsalt.com/awarenessweek/

Research from Action on Salt, which analysed all snack products included as part of lunchtime 'meal deals' across 8x UK retailers, finds 30% of snacks exceed the GOV.UK maximum salt target bit.ly/3KLZWP6 Wolfson Institute of Population Health #SaltAwarenessWeek #RealDeal

👶"No added sugar” or “only naturally occurring sugars” baby food products may still contain high levels of added sugars in the form of fruit or vegetable juices, concentrates, purees etc finds @actiononsugar & Dr Kawther H MSc RNutr PhD in The Independent independent.co.uk/life-style/hea… Wolfson Institute of Population Health

NEW global study, the largest of its kind, published today finds a positive association between prevalence of daily soft drink consumption amongst school-going adolescents and prevalence of overweight and obesity (1/3) jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… Jing Song

An even more important factor is that UPF makes children over eat and become obese and impacts gut health theguardian.com/education/2023…

Excited to share that my recent #OpenAccess article is among the most viewed papers in #PLOS Medicine in 2022. Read the article at journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/a…

Between 2014-2018: 🚫Salt intake DID NOT fall 🚫Blood pressure DID NOT fall 🚫Deaths from heart disease and stroke DID NOT fall [7/9]

Our latest report looks into the healthiness of food and drink bought out of home, and calls for greater transparency in nutrition information for the out of home sector shorturl.at/BVx3g 🧵[1/7]

💡We're #hiring! Join us as a communications officer to support the team across our influential research and advocacy work on salt and sugar reduction. #charityjobs Apply here: qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/ap…