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How much salt is in your food? Why does it matter? Renal ward staff finding out during dietitian led salt training on renal wards today! #SaltAwarenessWeek follow @WASHSALT for more events updates and tips

🗣️ The results prove it - public support for healthier food is strong & we deserve a gov that prioritises our health. Our open letter, signed by 31 major health experts, calls on @AshleyDalton_MP to end voluntary inaction & enforce stronger regulation. ✉️tinyurl.com/3234tapr

🗣️ This #SaltAwareness Week we’re calling for: 🔸 A review of the 2024 reduction targets. 🔸 Mandatory salt targets & financial penalties for non-compliance 🔸 A revitalisation of the National Salt Reduction Programme Read our full report: tinyurl.com/46mj43sn (4/4)

🚨 NEW report finds 56% of ready meals contain excessive salt. Ready meals are widely popular due to their convenience & perceived nutritional value. However, our latest report of over 1,500 ready meals has revealed otherwise... (1/4) 🔗 Full Report: tinyurl.com/46mj43sn

Curious about salt reduction across the world? Join @pahowho next week for an exciting webinar in ‘Advances in Salt Reduction in the Americas’ to learn more! 📆 Tuesday 13th May 🔗 paho.org/en/events/adva…

Preparándonos para la Semana de Sensibilización sobre el Consumo de Sal. Sumate al cambio y seguí los “5 pasos para no pasar los 5 gr de sal”. Del 12 al 18 de mayo, se llevará a cabo la Semana de Sensibilización sobre el Consumo de Sal, una iniciativa para concientizar sobre los riesgos del exceso de sodio en la alimentación y su impacto en la salud cardiovascular. #SemanadelaSal #MenosSalMásSabor #CuidaTuCorazón #SaludCardiovascular

Mexico's ban of high salt and sugar products in schools is a strong step in the right direction to reducing population food-related diseases. We hope to see such decisive measures continue worldwide! 🌎🙌 edition.cnn.com/2025/03/29/ame…

This year's Salt Awareness Week will be held on 12-18th May! 🎉 During the week we'll share exciting new research & work across the sector to bring awareness to salt reduction. Download our new poster & reach out you'd like to get involved! 🔗tinyurl.com/3wb8vrx3

To find out more about sugar reduction across the world, visit our World Action on Salt, Sugar and Health webpage 🌍 worldactiononsalt.com/worldaction/re…

➡️Hungary’s Public Health Product Tax (which included a tax on high-sugar beverages & confectionery) led to 40% of food manufacturers changing their product formulas to contain less excessive levels.

What’s happening around the world? #SugarAwarenessWeek ➡️Mexico’s tax on sugar-sweetened drinks and energy-dense foods saw consumption decrease by 5.5% in the first year! These changes continued to benefit lower-income regions in particular.

A single cake, a chocolate bar, and two biscuits could add up to 23 tsps of sugar and 1,326 kcal in just one day! Find out more this #SugarAwarenessWeek 🔗 tinyurl.com/2eewk7de

Unnecessarily high amounts of sugar are found in many products – even a breakfast can push a child over their daily limit. Therefore this #SugarAwarenessWeek we are calling on the food & drinks industry to reduce the amount of sugar in their products & support children’s health.

Children & parents are constantly bombarded with ads, marketing, and offers for sugary snacks – often consisting of misleading claims. An overconsumption of these sugars leads to poor nutritional diets and increased health risks.

Join us this #SugarAwarenessWeek as we turn the spotlight on the key contributors of sugar in children’s diets. It's time to Stop the Sugar Flood.

Join us this year for #SugarAwarenessWeek 18th-24th November 2024. This year we're taking a closer look at the key sources of sugar in children's diets and what we can do about it. Keep an eye on our website for updates worldactiononsalt.com/awarenessweek/…

Colombia leading the way with it's national salt reduction strategy which includes a health tax on high salt and sugar products and mandatory salt content maximum limits actonncds.org/stories/case-s…

Where the salt in your diet comes from depends on where you live, so comprehensive salt reduction strategies are needed to reduce intakes globally. It’s time to #SwitchtheSalt. #SaltAwarenessWeek #LessSalt Read more👉bit.ly/4dGTfNw

Conosci i parametri che definiscono un alimento ad alto, medio o basso contenuto di #sale? Scoprilo insieme a noi nella nostra infografica! E ricordati di leggere l'etichetta e scegliere i prodotti che contengono meno sale! @WASHSALT @actiononsalt #saltawarenessweek

FACT: The world is falling short on cutting sodium intake by 30% by 2025. Food industry sets sodium levels, leaving us with little control. We need mandatory salt targets for healthier hearts! #SaltAwarenessWeek #SodiumReduction @fssaiindia @ICMRNIN