A school-based education programme to reduce salt intake in children and their families (School-EduSalt): protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial
posted on 2013-01-01, 00:00authored byF He, Y Wu, J Ma, X Feng, H Wang, J Zhang, C P Lin, J Yuan, Y Ma, Y Yang, L Yan, S Jan, Caryl NowsonCaryl Nowson, G MacGregor
The current salt intake is very high for children as well as adults in China. A reduction in salt intake is one of the most cost-effective measures to curb the rapidly growing disease burden attributed to blood pressure and cardiovascular disease in the Chinese population. A lower salt diet starting from childhood has the potential to prevent the development of such conditions. The School-EduSalt (School-based Education Programme to Reduce Salt) study aims to determine whether an education programme targeted at school children can lower salt intake in children and their families.