Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake in the United States

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. "Appendix B: Government Initiatives and Past Recommendations of the National Academies, the World Health Organization, and Other Health Professional Organizations." Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2010.

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Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake in the United States

TABLE B-1 Government Initiatives

Date	Program/Initiative/Report Title	Recommendations/Initiatives/Actions	Target Population (if specified)
White House Conference
1969	Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health: Final Report (White House Conference, 1969)	Provided advice on the desirability of reducing sodium intake	Hypertensive individuals
		Encouraged food processors to minimize the amount of salt in processed foods	Food processors
		Identified a need for food labeling of sodium
U.S. Senate—Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs
1977	Dietary Goals for the United States, 2nd edition (Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, 1977)	Decrease salt intake to about 5 g/d	All Americans
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
2009	The Congressional Omnibus Appropriations Act^a (2009) included language encouraging CDC to work with major food manufacturers and chain restaurants to reduce sodium content in their products and to submit to the Committee on Appropriations and the House of Representatives and the Senate an evaluation of its sodium-reduction activities within 15 months of enactment of the act, and annually thereafter	CDC plans to explore existing national and international public and private initiatives to reduce sodium in the food supply In fiscal years 2009–2010, CDC plans to convene public and private stakeholders to build relationships and partnerships to investigate approaches for reducing sodium consumption CDC will explore knowledge gaps, utilizing its data systems to analyze and release pertinent sodium related data (CDC, 2009)	Food manufacturers and chain restaurants