European Society of Cardiology
Study prompts calls for Europe-wide salt legislation
Published in Heart Disease Weekly, February 14th, 2010
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) welcomes new research published in the New England Journal of Medicine (online January 20) (1) which quantifies for the first time the annual number of new cases of coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke and Myocardial Infarction (MI) that could be prevented by populations reducing daily intakes of salt. The data, says the ESC, underlines the urgent need for European Union public health measures to substantially reduce the population's salt intake across Europe.
"This study provides excellent ammunition both to convince patients about the benefits of reducing their individual salt intakes and also to persuade the EU of the urgent...
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Source: Heart Disease Weekly (2010-02-14)
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