The association between sodium and blood pressure is influenced by methods of evaluating the completeness of 24-h urine collections
Published in Nutrients on 11 September 2020, Abu Mohd Naser et al investigated whether different methods of evaluating the completeness of 24-h urine samples influences the association between sodium intake and health outcomes. A secondary analysis of three cohort studies from Bangladesh was conducted using cross-sectional sodium intake and blood pressure measures across several visits […]
Effectiveness of the Victorian Salt Reduction Partnership’s media advocacy activities
Published in the Nutrition Journal on 16 September 2020, Rosewarne et al evaluated the Victorian Salt Reduction Partnership’s media advocacy activities by determining the extent to which activities contributed to the overall strategy aims and the effectiveness of the activities in gaining media and industry engagement. Guided by Stead et al’s framework for evaluating media […]
A three-part blog series on Australia’s new food reformulation targets
The George Institute’s PhD candidates, Emalie Rosewarne and Daisy Coyle have published a three-part blog series on Australia’s new food reformulation targets. Topics explored include: how the reformulation program could be better-aligned with international best-practice, how the reformulation targets need to be improved to have a meaningful impact, and the steps the Government needs to […]
Identifying sodium intake using dietary behaviours
Published in PLoS One on 15 September 2020, Okada and Takimoto conducted a cross-sectional analysis to develop a brief screening method for determining sodium intake in order to raise public awareness of Dietary Reference Intakes in Japan. Self-administered questionnaires from one-day dietary records by a semi-weighed method within the 2015 National Health and Nutrition Survey […]