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Urinary Sodium Excretion, Dietary Sources Of Sodium Intake And Knowledge And Practices Around Salt Use In A Group Of Healthy Australian Women, Karen Charlton, Heather Yeatman, Fiona Houweling, Sophie Guenon

Karen E. Charlton

Objective: Strategies that aim to facilitate reduction of the salt content of foods in Australia are hampered by sparse and outdated data on habitual salt intakes. This study assessed habitual sodium intake through urinary excretion analyses, and identified food sources of dietary sodium, as well as knowledge and practices related to salt use in healthy women. Methods: Cross-sectional, convenient sample of 76 women aged 20 to 55 years, Wollongong, NSW. Data included a 24 hour urine sample, three-day food diary and a self-administered questionnaire. Results: Mean Na excretion equated to a NaCl (salt) intake of 6.41 (SD=2.61) g/day; 43% had …

What's On The Tray? Nutritional Intake Of Meals On Wheels Clients, Sarah Anne Galea, Karen Walton, Karen Charlton, Anne Mcmahon

Karen E. Charlton

A letter to the editor. Meals on Wheels (MOW) is a community-based not-forprofit organisation that delivers nutritious meals to vulnerable clients in the community, to enable them to maintain their health and independence within their own home. MOW meals aim to provide at least one-third of the recommended dietary intake (RDI) for energy, fibre and calcium, and one-half of the RDI for protein, vitamins and minerals.1 A variety of options are provided to their clients to allow self-selection from a large menu choice of soups, main meals and desserts and a range of meal delivery options, ranging from 1 to …

A Lowered Salt Intake Does Not Compromise Iodine Status In Cape Town, South Africa, Where Salt Iodization Is Mandatory, Karen Charlton, Pieter Jooste, Krisela Steyn, Naomi Levitt, Abhijeet Ghosh

Karen E. Charlton

Objective Universal salt iodization is an effective strategy to optimize population-level iodine. At the same time as salt-lowering initiatives are encouraged globally, there is concern about compromised iodine intakes. This study investigated whether salt intakes at recommended levels resulted in a suboptimal iodine status in a country where salt is the vehicle for iodine fortification.

Methods Three 24-h urine samples were collected for the assessment of urinary sodium and one sample was taken for urinary iodine concentrations (UICs) in a convenience sample of 262 adult men and women in Cape Town, South Africa. Median UIC was compared across categories of …