The World Hypertension League (WHL) have highlighted the need for a hard-hitting approach to dietary salt reduction given the ongoing burden of disease attributable to a high salt intake. Find the full statement here.
WHL established a coalition of global experts who have called for salt packages and dispensers to carry warning labels highlighting the danger of consuming too much salt. Signatories to this position statement include:
- World Hypertension League
- Resolve to Save Lives
- World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Salt Reduction
- The George Institute for Global Health
- World Action on Salt and Health (WASH)
- Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH)
- World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Nutrition
- University of Warwick
- Hypertension Canada
- British and Irish Hypertension Society