title: The International Society of Hypertension and World Hypertension League call on governments, nongovernmental organizations and the food industry to work to reduce dietary sodium.
abstract: The International Society of Hypertension and the World Hypertension League have developed a policy statement calling for reducing dietary salt. The policy supports the WHO and the United Nations recommendations, which are based on a comprehensive and up-to-date review of relevant research. The policy statement calls for broad societal action to reduce dietary salt, thus reducing blood pressure and preventing hypertension and its related burden of cardiovascular disease. The hypertension organizations and experts need to become more engaged in the efforts to prevent hypertension and to advocate strongly to have dietary salt reduction policies implemented. The statement is being circulated to national hypertension organizations and to international nongovernmental health organizations for consideration of endorsement. Member organizations of the International Society of Hypertension and the World Hypertension League are urged to support this effort.
authors.affiliation: aLibin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada bDepartment of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA cInstitute of Global Health Equity and Innovation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada dFu Wai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing Hypertension League Institute, Beijing, China eDepartment of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health fDepartment of Physiology The University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia gCentre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC), New Delhi, India hArterial Hypertension and Metabolic Unit, University Hospital, Favaloro Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina iUniversity Hospital of the University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Nephrology and Hypertension, Ulmenweg, Erlangen, Germany jHypertension in Africa Research Team, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa kInstitute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK lSir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D004039:Diet, Sodium-Restricted; D019649:Food Industry; D014943:Global Health; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007390:International Agencies; D009938:Organizations; D011640:Public Policy; D012955:Societies, Medical; D012982:Sodium, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014944:World Health Organization
chemical_list: D012982:Sodium, Dietary