Donglan Zhang|Yan Li|Guijing Wang|Andrew E. Moran|José A. Pagán
Nutrition Label Use and Sodium Intake in the U.S.
University of Georgia|New York Academy of Medicine|Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|Columbia University|Columbia University Irving Medical Center|University of Pennsylvania|New York Academy of Medicine|Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
high sodium intake major risk factor hypertension evidence limited interventions effective reducing sodium consumption study examined associations frequent use nutrition labels daily sodium intake consumption highsodium foods ususing 20072008 20092010 flexible consumer behavior survey study compared sodium intake measured 24hour dietary recalls availability salty snacks home frequencies eating frozen mealspizzas frequent ie always time infrequent nutrition label users also study examined association nutrition label use sodiumrelated dietary behaviors across different demographic socioeconomic groups data analyzed 2016frequent users nutrition labels consumed 9279 mg less sodium per day 95 ci 16021 2537 less likely always time salty snacks available home or086 95 ci076 097 likely eat frozen meals pizzas incidence rate ratio096 95 ci084 108 compared infrequent label users associations nutrition label use sodium intake differed considerably across age gender socioeconomic groupsfrequent use nutrition labels appears associated lower consumption sodium highsodium foods us given small reduction interventions enhancing nutrition label use could less effective implemented without strategies