Screening for Social Determinants of Health-Reply.
Screening for Social Determinants of Health-Reply.
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筛选健康回复的社会决定因素。
DOI:
10.1001/jama.2016.16925
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发表时间:
2016
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通讯作者:
P. Dworkin
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作者:
A. Garg;Renée Boynton;P. Dworkin
significant downward trend in sodium intake of 11% from 2005 through 2006 and in 2014. In 2014, average daily sodium intake was 3200 mg, significantly lower than US intake.4 The TOHP II investigators noted that it was challenging for even highly motivated participants to reduce sodium intake because of the amounts in US foods: “The greatest difficulty is encountered in avoiding sodium that has already been added to processed or catered foods rather than changing discretionary salting behaviors....”5 This observation further supports the need to reduce the amount of sodium in foods prepared outside of the home. Adverse effects associated with low levels of an essential nutrient typically occur at extremely low values. Physiologic need for sodium is approximately 500 mg/d; adequate intake is set conservatively at 1500 mg/d. In randomized clinical trials, the intervention (dietary sodium) is the exposure, and each individual is classified according to intention-to-treat in relation to outcome. In observational studies, no intervention is provided and only multiple 24-hour urine collections can accurately assess individual sodium intake in relation to health outcomes. High-quality evidence supports a linear, doseresponse relationship between sodium reduction and blood pressure throughout the range of usual intake and does not support an association between low sodium intake and increased CVD risk.6 Individuals in the United States consume too much sodium yet are unable to reduce intake because large amounts are added to processed and restaurant foods. Excess sodium causes high blood pressure and CVD; reducing sodium gradually will reduce blood pressure and associated myocardial infarctions, strokes, and other complications. Sodium reduction is possible—it has been done elsewhere in the world and by some US food manufacturers. Given the overwhelming scientific evidence, pursuing voluntary reductions of sodium in the food supply is warranted and overdue. The FDA’s proposed draft voluntary guidance will encourage manufacturers to gradually reduce sodium added to processed and prepared foods and put choice where it belongs, in the consumer’s hands.