title: [Reducing dietary salt intake: an important public health strategy in Switzerland].
abstract: Current dietary salt (sodium chloride) intake largely exceeds physiological needs (about 1.5 g salt per day, or 550 mg sodium per day) in most countries (> 8 g salt per day). The main sources of dietar salt intake are breads, cheeses, products derived from meat and ready-to-eat meals. On average, a high-salt diet is associated with higher blood pressure levels. In Switzerland, one out of three adults suffers from arterial hypertension. Half of cerebrovascular events and ischaemic cardiac events are attributable to elevated blood pressure. The Swiss Federal Office of Public Health is currently running a strategy aiming at reducing dietary salt intake in the Swiss population to less than 5 g per day on the long run (Salz Strategie 2008-2012).
authors.affiliation: Unité de prévention communautaire, Institut universitaire de médecine sociale et préventive, Département de médecine interne, CHUV et Université de Lausanne. Murielle.Bochud@chuv.ch
authors.forename: Murielle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bochud
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burnier
authors.forename: Pedro-Manuel
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Marques-Vidal
authors.forename: Fred
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Paccaud
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011315:Preventive Medicine; D011634:Public Health; D012936:Social Medicine; D017673:Sodium Chloride, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D017673:Sodium Chloride, Dietary