New targets for industry seek to decrease average sodium intake from approximately 3400 mg/day to 3000 mg/day, about a 12% reduction, over the next 2.5 years, the FDA said.
Women age 70+ and men younger than age 50 should be more closely monitored for uncontrolled hypertension even if they are on antihypertensive medication, new research suggests.
A 4-month, structured diet and exercise intervention lowered blood pressure in adults with resistant blood pressure compared with a singled education session in a randomized trial.
Switching from regular salt to a low-sodium salt substitute has major public health benefits, including a reduction in stroke, cardiovascular events, and death, the new landmark SSaSS shows.
half. let s get into this. joining me now is the president-elect of the school nutrition soes nutrition a association which supports the roll back a healthier generation which opposes it. the the pref lens of obesity among young adults was over 36%. 17% among the country s youth. why roll these standards back? we re as concerned about child obesity as anyone and we are in favor certainly of strong nutrition standards that offer children the most nutritious available to them. and while most of the standards have been met like the requirement for more fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and nonfat milk, we re concerned that the prescriptive level of the sodium restriction and some of the requirements for 100% whole grain rich products of a little extreme and quite frankly our students tell us