title: Dietary sodium intakes and food sources of sodium in Canadian-born and Asian-born individuals of Chinese ethnicity at a Canadian university campus.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To document the sodium intake and food sources of sodium of Canadian-born Chinese (CBC) and Asian-born Chinese (ABC) individuals at a Canadian university campus.
  
  
  METHODS
  Healthy adults aged 18-58 years originating from Canada, China, Hong Kong, or Taiwan were recruited from the University of Alberta (n=40 CBC, n=41 ABC) between May and December 2010.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two in-person multipass 24-hour dietary recall interviews were administered for 1 weekday and 1 weekend day.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean sodium intake was 3,623±1,406 mg/day. The major food sources of sodium were commercially prepared and processed foods for both CBC and ABC (59.9% and 54.7% of sodium, respectively). Condiments contributed substantially to dietary sodium intake of CBC and ABC (27.8% and 35.1% of sodium, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Efforts to reduce dietary sodium among students and other adults of Chinese ethnicity should focus on limiting consumption of commercially processed foods and moderation in discretionary use of salt and soy sauce.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science , University of Alberta , Edmonton , Alberta , Canada.
authors.forename: Yan Han
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Farmer
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mager
authors.forename: Noreen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Willows
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D004032:Diet; D004034:Diet Surveys; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012982:Sodium, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013624:Taiwan / Q000208:ethnology; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D012982:Sodium, Dietary
keywords: community health; health education; nutrition