National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research InstituteDept. of Epidemiology and Research

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Identification of Dietary Sources of Sodium in Bangladesh (Phase 2)

This cross-sectional study will identify the major sources of dietary sodium in Bangladeshi population, with their proportionate contribution, which will help policymakers in adopting necessary measures for the control of cardiovascular and other noncommunicable diseases reducing dietary salt intake in Bangladesh.

A full account of this study will appear here when it is published. The summary above is the department's current description.

Keywords Salt Intake · Dietary Sodium · Dietary Recall · Nutrition Survey

Related papers

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  1. Global Heart, 2025

    Urinary Sodium and Potassium Excretion in Bangladeshi Adults: Results from a Population-Based Survey with 24-Hour Urine Collections

    Jubaida Akhtar, Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun, Mohammad Noor Nabi Sayem, Mohamed Ahmed, Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan and 9 others

  2. BMJ Open, 2024

    Salt intake across the hypertension care cascade in the Bangladeshi adult population: a nationally representative cross-sectional study

    Md Mostafa Monower, Shehab Uddin Al Abid, Ahmad Khairul Abrar, Sohel Reza Choudhury

  3. BMJ Open, 2022

    Comparison of three spot urine formulae and their validation using 24-hour urine sodium for estimation of daily salt intake: a cross-sectional study among Bangladeshi adults

    Sohel Reza Choudhury, Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mamun, Jubaida Akhtar, Md Noor Nabi Sayem, Zerin Zahed and 3 others

  4. PubMed, 2021

    Dietary salt intake and its correlates among adults in a slum area in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study.

    Fahmida Afroz Khan, Md. Khalequzzaman, Hasan, Sohel Reza Choudhury, Chifa Chiang and 2 others

Other studies

All research

  1. Completed · Risk Factors

    Identification of Dietary Sources of Sodium in Bangladesh (Phase 1)

  2. Completed · Mixed Method Study

    Utilization of Pack Label and Its Barriers in Bangladesh

  3. Completed · NCD Surveillance

    Project for Strengthening Health Care Systems for Preventing Non-Communicable Diseases (SHASTO-2)