Sodium Content in Packaged Foods by Census Division in the United States, 2009

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Lee, Alexandra K. ; Schieb, Linda J. ; Yuan, Keming ; Maalouf, Joyce ; Gillespie, Cathleen ; Cogswell, Mary E.
• 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.
• Subjects:
  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

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• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 12.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd12.140500
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:389845b2217a36d969eb6adc45f2a59330414b0fa8343da4abb518004ca2b6e3afaa1a654453896daa128b1bba8f0bbd3eb11caefbd90e6c4d042c4c2979b418
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/29610/cdc_29610_DS1.pdf
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