Most people consume twice the daily amount of salt recommended by the World Health Organization due to the increased availability of ultra-processed foods and lifestyle changes. High salt consumption leads to several preventable non-communicable diseases, such as high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, or stroke.
The responsibility of reducing salt consumption must not only be at an individual level, but it should also be incentivised at a population level. Salt-reduction interventions targeting the whole population can range from policy changes to social marketing and behaviour change interventions. The advent of digital health, in particular, opens up numerous opportunities for cost-effective public health interventions to reduce salt consumption at the population level.
The aim of this Research Topic is to cover the latest research on digital interventions to reduce salt consumption. We invite authors to submit their research concerning the use of digital technology used at a population level to reduce the population’s salt intake. Areas to be covered in this Research Topic may include, but are not limited to:
- Digital health interventions to reduce salt consumption at a population level
- Use of social media to lead to behaviour change in salt consumption
- mHealth approaches to salt consumption
- Technological innovations to reduce salt intake
- Barriers and facilitators to implementing digital health interventions to reduce salt consumption
- Equity considerations of the use of digital interventions in reducing salt intake
Most people consume twice the daily amount of salt recommended by the World Health Organization due to the increased availability of ultra-processed foods and lifestyle changes. High salt consumption leads to several preventable non-communicable diseases, such as high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, or stroke.
The responsibility of reducing salt consumption must not only be at an individual level, but it should also be incentivised at a population level. Salt-reduction interventions targeting the whole population can range from policy changes to social marketing and behaviour change interventions. The advent of digital health, in particular, opens up numerous opportunities for cost-effective public health interventions to reduce salt consumption at the population level.
The aim of this Research Topic is to cover the latest research on digital interventions to reduce salt consumption. We invite authors to submit their research concerning the use of digital technology used at a population level to reduce the population’s salt intake. Areas to be covered in this Research Topic may include, but are not limited to:
- Digital health interventions to reduce salt consumption at a population level
- Use of social media to lead to behaviour change in salt consumption
- mHealth approaches to salt consumption
- Technological innovations to reduce salt intake
- Barriers and facilitators to implementing digital health interventions to reduce salt consumption
- Equity considerations of the use of digital interventions in reducing salt intake
