01677nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001100001700042700002100059700001700080700001600097700001600113700001500129700001900144245007700163250001500240300001100255490000700266520114700273020005101420       2015                            d1 aCappuccio F.1 aCorrea-Rotter R.1 aMacGregor G.1 aCampbell N.1 aLackland D.1 aNeal Bruce1 aWebster Jacqui00aProposed nomenclature for salt intake and for reductions in dietary salt  a2014/11/22  a247-510 v173 a<p>
There is considerable confusion about what ranges of dietary salta could be considered low, normal, or high and also what ranges of reduction in dietary salt are small or large. The World Hypertension League with other organizations involved in dietary salt reduction have proposed a standardized nomenclature based on normal ancestral levels of salt intake and also on ranges of reduction in salt intake in clinical and population interventions. Low daily salt (sodium) intake where harm due to deficiency would be expected to occur is recommended to remain undefined because of inadequate research but likely &lt;0.25 g (100 mg), normal (physiological) intake &lt;2.5 g (1000 mg), recommended intake &lt;5.0 g (2000 mg), high &gt;/=5.0 g (2000 mg), very high &gt;10 to 15 g (4000-6000 mg), and extremely high &gt;15 g (6000 mg). Reductions in daily salt (sodium) intake are recommended to be called small if &lt;2.5 g (1000 mg), moderate if 2.5 to 5.0 g (1000-2000 mg) and large if &gt;5.0 g (2000 mg). Use of this nomenclature is likely to result in less confusion about salt intake and interventions to reduce dietary sodium.
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