date:Sep 20, 2023
industry, further loosening the programs reins.
This new research confirms the relationship between reduced salt consumption and improved health outcomes, Mhairi Brown, policy and public affairs lead at AoS, tells. The UK salt reduction program was a great success in reducing population salt intake by 19% between 2003 and 2014.
As salt intakes went down, so did population blood pressure and deaths from heart disease and stroke. In recent years, however, the program was abandoned, largely due