Monitoring sodium content in packaged foods sold in the Americas and compliance with the updated regional sodium reduction targets
This study showed that around half of the examined foods met their respective SRTs and there have been small improvements in compliance over time. Further efforts are required to reach the WHO's global sodium reduction goal by 2025, such as implementation of mandatory SRTs and front-of-pack labelling regulations.
Authors
- Leo Nederveen
- Marlene Roselló-Araya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7452-7679)
- María F Kroker-Lobos
- Kiomi Yabiku‐Soto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9515-4587)
- Francisco Diez-Canseco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7611-8190)
- Nadia Flexner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6660-4443)
- Hilda Patricia Núñez-Rivas
- Lorena Allemandi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6562-2033)
- Adriana Blanco‐Metzler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9818-7023)
- Mary R. L’Abbé (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7688-7558)
- Mayra Meza-Hernández (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2061-0389)
- Leila Guarnieri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8120-183X)
- María Victoria Tiscornia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5029-7506)
- Yahan Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0464-0251)
- Lorena Saavedra‐Garcia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1524-780X)
- Paola Arévalo-Rodríguez
Institutions
- Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (CR)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (PE)
- World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas (US)
- Instituto Costarricense de Investigación y Enseñanza en Nutrición y Salud (CR)
- Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (GT)
- Global Policy Institute (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-04-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304922
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Sodium Intake and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.24
Funders
- Pan American Health Organization
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research