Understanding of sodium content labeled on food packages by Japanese people

Hypertension Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 467-471

  Okuda, Nagako ^a   Nishi, Nobuo ^a   Ishikawa Takata, Kazuko ^a   Yoshimura, Eiichi ^b   Horie, Saki ^a   Nakanishi, Tomoko ^a   Sato, Yoko ^a   Takimoto, Hidemi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^b PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

Author keywords

food label; hypertension; nutrition; salt; sodium

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; SALT INTAKE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALT INTAKE; VERY ELDERLY; COMPREHENSION; HEALTH LITERACY; JAPAN;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 84899886347     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2013.149     Document Type: Article

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