Background High sodium intake is a cause of elevated blood pressure in adults. In children
and adolescents, less evidence is available and findings are equivocal. We systematically …

The purpose of this review was to identify, summarize, and critically appraise studies on
dietary salt and health outcomes that were published from August 2016 to March 2017. The …

Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel
Foods and Food Allergens (NDA) derived dietary reference values (DRV s) for sodium …

Obese subjects often have hypertension and related cardiovascular and renal diseases, and
this has become a serious worldwide health problem. In obese subjects, impaired renal …

Background Physical activity plays an important role in the maintenance of health, and it is
especially important during childhood. However, the lack of information about differences in …

Background: The National Dietary Survey on the Child and Adolescent Population in Spain
(ENALIA) provides data to assess the usual micronutrient intake among Spanish infants …

Table salt is the main source of sodium (Na) in the human diet. Excessive supply of Na in a
diet is strongly linked to many non-communicable human diseases, such as hypertension …

Background: Although several studies have investigated excessive salt intake as a risk
factor for gastric precancerous lesions, such as atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia …

Background: The relationship between obesity, arterial hypertension, and excessive salt
intake has been known for a long time; however, the mechanism of this relationship remains …

The prevalence of essential arterial hypertension in children and adolescents has grown
considerably in the last few decades, making this disease a major clinical problem in the …