1. The relationship of health/food literacy and salt awareness to daily sodium and potassium intake among a workplace population in Switzerland
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Kathrin Sommerhalder, C. Gréa Krause, Xhyljeta Luta, Pasquale Strazzullo, E. Roos, Stefanie Hayoz, Sigrid Beer-Borst, Department of Public Health, Eva Roos / Principal Investigator, Clinicum, Luta, X., Hayoz, S., Gréa Krause, C., Sommerhalder, K., Roos, E., Strazzullo, P., and Beer-Borst, S.
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0301 basic medicine ,Male ,Potassium intake ,Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,BLOOD-PRESSURE ,Recommended Dietary Allowances ,Literacy ,DISEASE ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,ADULT-POPULATION ,Nutrition and Dietetic ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Food science ,Workplace ,media_common ,education.field_of_study ,EXCRETION ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Na/K ratio ,ASSOCIATION ,Middle Aged ,3142 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health ,3. Good health ,24-h urine ,Female ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,Switzerland ,Adult ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Sodium ,Population ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Health literacy ,610 Medicine & health ,Health Promotion ,Risk Assessment ,03 medical and health sciences ,RATIO ,360 Social problems & social services ,Environmental health ,Salt awareness ,Humans ,KNOWLEDGE ,Salt intake ,education ,Food literacy ,METAANALYSIS ,030109 nutrition & dietetics ,HYPERTENSION ,business.industry ,Potassium, Dietary ,CONSUMPTION ,Sodium, Dietary ,Health Literacy ,chemistry ,416 Food Science ,3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine ,Potassium ,Salt awarene ,business ,Body mass index ,Biomarkers - Abstract
Background and aims: High sodium (Na) and low potassium (K) intake are associated with hypertension and CVD risk. This study explored the associations of health literacy (HL), food literacy (FL), and salt awareness with salt intake, K intake, and Na/K ratio in a workplace intervention trial in Switzerland. Methods and results: The study acquired baseline data from 141 individuals, mean age 44.6 years. Na and K intake were estimated from a single 24-h urine collection. We applied validated instruments to assess HL and FL, and salt awareness. Multiple linear regression was used to investigate the association of explanatory variables with salt intake, K intake, and Na/K. Mean daily salt intake was 8.9 g, K 3.1 g, and Na/K 1.18. Salt intake was associated with sex (p
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- 2017