title: Assessment of salt use at the table: comparison of observed and reported behavior.
abstract: Observations were made of salt added during meals. Nineteen per cent of 211 participants salted before tasting food, 18 per cent salted after tasting, and 2 per cent salted both before and after tasting. Of those who self-reported "never" to salt food before tasting, 6 per cent were observed to do so. Of those who reported never to salt after tasting, 3 per cent did so. Results support the conclusion that self-reported abstinence from use of table salt is strongly correlated with actual behavior.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013649:Taste
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride