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Alternative Title:
Prev Chronic Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd12.140500
Personal Author:
Lee, Alexandra K. ; Schieb, Linda J. ; Yuan, Keming ; Maalouf, Joyce ; Gillespie, Cathleen ; ... More +
Lee, Alexandra K. ; Schieb, Linda J. ; Yuan, Keming ; Maalouf, Joyce ; Gillespie, Cathleen ; Cogswell, Mary E. Less -
Description:
Excess sodium intake correlates positively with high blood pressure. Blood pressure varies by region, but whether sodium content of foods sold varies across regions is unknown. We combined nutrition and sales data from 2009 to assess the regional variation of sodium in packaged food products sold in 3 of the 9 US census divisions. Although sodium density and concentration differed little by region, fewer than half of selected food products met Food and Drug Administration sodium-per-serving conditions for labeling as "healthy." Regional differences in hypertension were not reflected in differences in the sodium content of packaged foods from grocery stores.
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Brief
Censuses
Commerce
Databases, Factual
Diet/standards
Food
Food Analysis
Food Labeling
Food Packaging
Food Supply
Humans
Hypertension
Nutrition Policy
Nutritive Value
Risk Factors
Sodium, Dietary

Source:
Prev Chronic Dis. 12.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
Preventing Chronic Disease
Main Document Checksum:
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