Action On Salt | Action On Sugar | World Action On Salt, Sugar And Health

Action on Salt is successfully working to reach a consensus with the food industry and Government over the harmful effects of a high salt diet, and bring about a reduction in the amount of salt in processed foods as well as salt added to cooking, and the table. To date we have been successful with many supermarkets and food manufacturers choosing to adopt a policy of gradually reducing the salt content of their products, and a Government-financed a campaign to raise awareness of the effects of salt on health. Action on Sugar has successfully created a huge amount of awareness of the impact of excess sugar consumption on our wellbeing. Already, manufacturers and retailers have reformulated their products following our widely publicised surveys exposing the high and low sugar products through national, and international, media. Action on Sugar works closely with the food and drink industry to inform their nutrition strategy and provide technical expertise around sugar reduction. We publish research in influential journals demonstrating our findings and modelling the impact of sugar reduction strategies, which is used to influence the decision of policy makers with persuasive evidenced-based arguments. WASH aim to translate the success of the UK salt reduction strategy to countries worldwide, by providing resources and advice to our network of experts. WASH will continue to work closely with the World Health Organization, having already stimulated the WHO initiative to take a more coherent strategy towards salt reduction worldwide. There is no doubt that a leading group of worldwide experts will have enormous influence on the media and food industry, and we will support our network in the translation of evidence into action. As of 2015, the UK are also leading the way with sugar and calorie reduction programmes. WASH will expand the focus of our work to incorporate all aspects of reformulation, helping countries worldwide to access better quality, healthier food
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