Sodium reduction and hypertension : controlling the “silent killer”

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention.
• Description:
  Each year, high blood pressure is estimated to cause
  
  10 million preventable deaths worldwide, and this is expected to increase. Referred to as the “silent killer” because it often has no warning signs or symptoms, hypertension is the leading risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, like heart attack and stroke.
  
  Studies show that excess sodium intake — too much salt added to food — is a key risk factor for hypertension.
  
  As a result, reducing sodium intake is a global public health priority. A 2007 study found that reducing average sodium intake by 15% in 23 low- and middle-income countries could prevent 8.5 million deaths over 10 years, and would only cost US$0.05 per person.
  
  In the US and most western countries, the main sources of sodium are packaged and restaurant foods, while in China and some other countries it is salt added during cooking. Efforts to reduce sodium intake should focus on the most common sources for each country.
  
  Publication date from document properties.
  
  ncd_sodium_reduction_hypertension_01-2016.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Diet, Sodium-Restricted Dietary Approaches To Stop Hypertension Hypertension Sodium, Dietary/adverse Effects
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1d30ecd07fc78d1d5ee3771c511d85b3521926d1483bca9139366c22e4eb0166
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/125661/cdc_125661_DS1.pdf
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