Sodium Intake from Foods Exceeds Recommended Limits in the Spanish Population: The ANIBES Study
Keywords: 
Materias Investigacion::Ciencias de la Salud::Nutrición y dietética
ANIBES
Spain
Consumption
Food groups
Intakes
Salt
Sodium
Issue Date: 
2019
ISSN: 
2072-6643
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Citation: 
Partearroyo, T. (Teresa); Samaniego-Vaesken, M. L. (María de Lourdes); Ruiz, E. (Emma); et al. "Sodium Intake from Foods Exceeds Recommended Limits in the Spanish Population: The ANIBES Study". Nutrients. 11 (2451), 2019, 1 - 17
Abstract
Excessive sodium consumption is associated with adverse health effects. An elevated dietary intake of salt (sodium chloride) has been related to high blood pressure or hypertension, a major but modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease, as well as to other ill health conditions. In the present work, our aim was to describe the contribution of foods to sodium consumption within the Spanish population in a representative sample from the "anthropometric data, macronutrients and micronutrients intake, practice of physical activity, socioeconomic data and lifestyles in Spain" (ANIBES) study (9-75 years), to identify high consumer groups, as well as the major food groups that contribute to sodium intake in the Spanish diet. Intakes were assessed by 3-day food records collected on a tablet device. Sodium intakes across the ANIBES study population exceeded recommendations, as total intakes reached 2025 ± 805 mg of sodium per day, that is approximately 5.06 g/day of salt (excluding discretionary salt, added at the table or during cooking). Sodium intakes were higher in males than in females and within the youngest groups. Main dietary sources of sodium were meat and meat products (27%), cereals and grains (26%), milk and dairy products (14%) and ready-to-eat meals (13%). Given the established health benefits of dietary salt reduction, it would be advisable to continue and even improve the current national initiatives of awareness and educational campaigns and particularly food reformulation to decrease overall salt intakes across the Spanish population.

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