Sodium intake according to NOVA food classification in Brazil: trends from 2002 to 2018.
Cad Saude Publica
; 40(2): e00073823, 2024.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38422246
ABSTRACT
Excessive sodium intake is a major global public health issue and the identification of dietary sources and temporal trends in its consumption are a key to effective sodium reduction policies. This study aims to update estimates of sodium intake and its dietary sources in Brazil according to the NOVA food classification system. Records of 7-day food purchases of households from the Brazilian Household Budgets Survey of 2002-2003, 2008-2009, and 2017-2018 were converted into nutrients using food composition tables and the mean availability was estimated per 2,000kcal/day. Mean daily sodium available for consumption in Brazilian households has increased from 3.9 to 4.7g per 2,000kcal, from 2002-2003 to 2017-2018, over twice the recommended levels of sodium intake. From 2002-2003 to 2017-2018, the processed culinary ingredients, including table salt, represented the largest dietary source of sodium, although their participation in dietary sodium was reduced by 17% (66.6% to 55%), while the percentage of dietary sodium from processed foods increased by 20.3% and from ultra-processed foods increased by 47.6% (11.3% to 13.6% and 17% to 25.1%, respectively). In conclusion, the total household sodium availability remains high and has increased over time in Brazil, yet the participation of different dietary sources of sodium have gradually changed.
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- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10896487
- https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0102-311XEN073823
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- http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&nrm=iso&lng=pt&tlng=pt&pid=S0102-311X2024000201411
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Collection:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Sodium, Dietary
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Food
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Brasil
Language:
En
Journal:
Cad Saude Publica
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Cad. Saude Publica (Online)
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Cadernos de Saude Publica (Online)
Journal subject:
SAUDE PUBLICA
Year:
2024
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Article
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