School based education programme to reduce salt intake in children and their families (School-EduSalt): cluster randomised controlled trial.

Additionally, there has been an increasing trend in the consumption of processed foods in China. 34 It is therefore also important to work with the food industry to gradually reduce the amount of salt added to all processed foods, as is occurring successfully in the United Kingdom, with an accompanying fall in population blood pressure and mortality from cardiovascular disease. 8 35 Conclusions Our study shows that, in northern China, salt intake as measured by 24 hour urinary sodium is high in both children and adults.

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