Salt reduction
Salt reduction has been studied in 3 papers since 2022: none in people yet, 2 reviews; 1 in the past year. No study of it in people or animals has been published yet.
3 papers study it3 findingsUpdated
- Funder: National Institute for Health and Care Research
- In silico1
What did studies of Salt reduction find?
2Studies of Salt reduction measured 2 outcomes; the most studied are healthspan (1 study) and mortality (1).
Healthspan
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1 study
Healthspan
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Salt reduction improves healthspan in silico (411 060 HALYs gained).
“Over the lifespan, this translated to 344 660 (8 g/d), 411 060 (7 g/d) and 493 633 (5 g/d) health-adjusted life years gained, respectively.”
In silicoNational Vietnam Health Program 2030 target (7 g/d)lifetime
Public health nutrition
Mortality
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1 study
Mortality
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Salt reduction decreases mortality in silico (4800 deaths averted).
“and avert 1900 and 4800 stomach cancer deaths, respectively”
In silicoNational Vietnam Health Program 2030 target (7 g/d)2019-2030
Public health nutrition
What is Salt reduction linked with?
1Studies link Salt reduction with 1 measure, most often stomach cancer (1 study).
Stomach cancer
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1 study
Stomach cancer
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Salt reduction lowers the risk of stomach cancer in silico (7200 fewer incident cases).
“Achieving the 2025 and 2030 national salt targets could result in 3400 and 7200 fewer incident cases of stomach cancer, respectively”
In silicoNational Vietnam Health Program 2030 target (7 g/d)2019-2030
Public health nutrition
Funding
1 grant since 2021National Institute for Health Research£664.7k