The relationship of health/food literacy and salt awareness to daily sodium and potassium intake among a workplace population in Switzerland.

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High sodium (Na) and low potassium (K) intake are associated with hypertension and CVD risk. This study explored the associations of health literacy (HL), food literacy (FL), and salt awareness with salt intake, K intake, and Na/K ratio in a workplace intervention trial in Switzerland.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis

Title: Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1590-3729

ISSN (Print): 0939-4753

Publication date (Electronic): Mar 2018

Volume: 28

Issue: 3

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[1 ] Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

[2 ] Bern University of Applied Science, Health Section, Bern, Switzerland.

[3 ] Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland.

[4 ] Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University of Naples Medical School, Naples, Italy.

[5 ] Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: sigrid.beer@ispm.unibe.ch.

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Publisher Item ID: S0939-4753(17)30269-7

DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2017.10.028

PubMed ID: 29310971

SO-VID: bdf4a5ec-490e-45d0-8c0d-09d63f447f1c

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Keywords: Sodium,Hypertension,Na/K ratio,Potassium,Salt awareness,24-h urine,Food literacy,Health literacy

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Keywords: Sodium, Hypertension, Na/K ratio, Potassium, Salt awareness, 24-h urine, Food literacy, Health literacy

The relationship of health/food literacy and salt awareness to daily sodium and potassium intake among a workplace population in Switzerland.

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