19 Result(s)

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The effect of salt substitution on frequency and severity of headache: results from the SSaSS cluster-randomised controlled trial of 20,995 participants

Headache is one of the most common neurological symptoms. Headache disorders are associated with a high global burden of disease. Prior studies indicate that short-to-medium term sodium reduction reduces heada...

Faraidoon Haghdoost, Sonali R. Gnanenthiran… in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2024)

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The contribution of sodium reduction and potassium increase to the blood pressure lowering observed in the Salt Substitute and Stroke Study

The Salt Substitute and Stroke Study (SSaSS) demonstrated significant reductions in systolic blood pressure (SBP), and the risk of stroke, major cardiovascular events and total mortality with the use of potass...

Li** Huang, Qiang Li, Jason HY Wu, Maoyi Tian… in Journal of Human Hypertension (2024)

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2022 World Hypertension League, Resolve To Save Lives and International Society of Hypertension dietary sodium (salt) global call to action

Norm R. C. Campbell, Paul K. Whelton, Marcelo Orias… in Journal of Human Hypertension (2023)

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Protocol for a Randomized Trial Assessing Consumer Evaluations of Pre-Packaged Foods that Systematically Vary by Nutrition Information and Product Attributes

Nutrition information is increasingly provided on pre-packaged foods as a public health measure to help consumers make healthier food choices. Many studies have looked at the independent effects of three main ...

Zenobia Talati, Simone Pettigrew, Helen Dixon, Bruce Neal, Clare Hughes… in BMC Nutrition (2017)

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Does education level affect the efficacy of a community based salt reduction program? - A post-hoc analysis of the China Rural Health Initiative Sodium Reduction Study (CRHI-SRS)

Whether educational level influences the effects of health education is not clearly defined. This study examined whether the impact of a community-based dietary salt reduction program was affected by the level...

**n Wang, **an Li, Ilonca Vaartjes, Bruce Neal, Michiel L. Bots… in BMC Public Health (2016)

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Designing a Healthy Food Partnership: lessons from the Australian Food and Health Dialogue

Poor diets are a leading cause of disease burden worldwide. In Australia, the Federal Government established the Food and Health Dialogue (the Dialogue) in 2009 to address this issue, primarily through food re...

Alexandra Jones, Roger Magnusson, Boyd Swinburn, Jacqui Webster… in BMC Public Health (2016)

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Effects of a community-based salt reduction program in a regional Australian population

Salt reduction is a public health priority but there are few studies testing the efficacy of plausible salt reduction programs.

Mary-Anne Land, Jason H. Y. Wu, Adriana Selwyn, Michelle Crino… in BMC Public Health (2016)

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Protocol for a cluster-randomised trial to determine the effects of advocacy actions on the salt content of processed foods

Corporate decisions affecting the composition of processed foods are a potent factor sha** the nutritional quality of the food supply. The addition of large quantities of salt to foods is incompatible with A...

Helen Trevena, Anne Marie Thow, Elizabeth Dunford, Jason H. Y. Wu… in BMC Public Health (2016)

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Effects of interpretive front-of-pack nutrition labels on food purchases: protocol for the Starlight randomised controlled trial

Interpretive front-of-pack nutrition labels are better understood than non-interpretive labels. However, robust evidence on the effects of such labels on consumer food purchases in the real-world is lacking. O...

Ekaterina Volkova, Bruce Neal, Mike Rayner, Boyd Swinburn, Helen Eyles… in BMC Public Health (2014)

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Using mobile technology to support lower-salt food choices for people with cardiovascular disease: protocol for the SaltSwitch randomized controlled trial

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of early death worldwide, responsible for an estimated 29% of all global deaths. Reducing salt intake lowers blood pressure and risk of secondary cardiac event...

Helen Eyles, Rebecca McLean, Bruce Neal, Robert N Doughty… in BMC Public Health (2014)

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Protocol for the implementation and evaluation of a community-based intervention seeking to reduce dietary salt intake in Lithgow, Australia

Excess dietary salt is a leading risk for health. Multiple health, government, industry and community organisations have identified the need to reduce consumption of dietary salt. This project seeks to impleme...

Mary-Anne Land, Paul Jeffery, Jacqui Webster, Michelle Crino… in BMC Public Health (2014)

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Population impact of a high cardiovascular risk management program delivered by village doctors in rural China: design and rationale of a large, cluster-randomized controlled trial

The high-risk strategy has been proven effective in preventing cardiovascular disease; however, the population benefits from these interventions remain unknown. This study aims to assess, at the population lev...

Li**g L Yan, Weigang Fang, Elizabeth Delong, Bruce Neal… in BMC Public Health (2014)

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Cost-effectiveness of reducing salt intake in the Pacific Islands: protocol for a before and after intervention study

There is broad consensus that diets high in salt are bad for health and that reducing salt intake is a cost-effective strategy for preventing chronic diseases. The World Health Organization has been supporting...

Jacqui Webster, Wendy Snowdon, Marj Moodie, Satu Viali… in BMC Public Health (2014)

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Fat chance for physical activity

Bruce Neal in Population Health Metrics (2013)

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Effects on the estimated cause-specific mortality fraction of providing physician reviewers with different formats of verbal autopsy data

The process of data collection and the methods used to assign the cause of death vary significantly among different verbal autopsy protocols, but there are few data to describe the consequences of the choices ...

Rohina Joshi, Devarsetty Praveen, Clara Chow, Bruce Neal in Population Health Metrics (2011)

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Population Health Metrics Research Consortium gold standard verbal autopsy validation study: design, implementation, and development of analysis datasets

Verbal autopsy methods are critically important for evaluating the leading causes of death in populations without adequate vital registration systems. With a myriad of analytical and data collection approaches...

Christopher JL Murray, Alan D Lopez, Robert Black… in Population Health Metrics (2011)

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Rationale and design of the Kanyini guidelines adherence with the polypill (Kanyini-GAP) study: a randomised controlled trial of a polypill-based strategy amongst Indigenous and non Indigenous people at high cardiovascular risk

The Kanyini Guidelines Adherence with the Polypill (Kanyini-GAP) Study aims to examine whether a polypill-based strategy (using a single capsule containing aspirin, a statin and two blood pressure-lowering age...

Hueiming Liu, Anushka Patel, Alex Brown, Sandra Eades, Noel Hayman… in BMC Public Health (2010)

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Effects of salt substitute on pulse wave analysis among individuals at high cardiovascular risk in rural China: a randomized controlled trial

Reduced-sodium, increased-potassium salt substitutes lower blood pressure but may also have direct effects on vascular structure and arterial function. This study aimed to test the effects of long-term salt su...

Jihong Hu, **ong**g Jiang, Nicole Li, Xuequn Yu, Vlado Perkovic… in Hypertension Research (2009)