A regulatory intervention that reduced the salt intake of US adults by 3 g a day would save between $10 billion and $24billionn a year in healthcare costs, through reductions in blood pressure and knock-on reductions in rates of coronary heart disease (including heart attacks) and strokes, according to recent projections. It would also save between 44,000 and 92,000 lives a year, with benefits across all age groups and in both sexes.
These estimates come from a computer simulation that made key assumptions about the link between salt intake and blood pressure, and about the cardiovascular benefits of lower blood pressure, informed by randomized trials and other published data. The assumptions were tested in a series of sensitivity analyses that confirmed the main findings: even modest reductions in salt intake achieved over the next decade or so would prevent morbidity from cardiovascular disease, prolong lives, and save money.
The simulations suggest that controlling dietary salt would be as good for public health as controlling obesity, reducing smoking, and giving antihypertensive drugs to everyone with hypertension.
Adults in the US eat a lot of processed foods packed with salt. The average daily intake for men was 10.4 g in 2006—almost twice the recommended allowance (maximum of 5.8 g), and well over twice the intake recommended for adults over 40, black people, and anyone with hypertension (3.7 g).
N Engl J Med 2010 [PubMed Abstract] <http://imageb.epocrates.com/mailbot/links?EdID=43240751&LinkID=57439>
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Sunday, March 7, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Message from Polar Electro service center regarding your case
We have some good news and some bad news! Good news is your monitor has
been serviced and has been shipped back to you today. Bad news is that you
no longer have an excuse for not exercising! =)
been serviced and has been shipped back to you today. Bad news is that you
no longer have an excuse for not exercising! =)
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Glycated Hemoglobin, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Risk in Nondiabetic Adults
From New England Journal of Medicine
This community-based study of nondiabetic adults compared the prognostic value of glycated hemoglobin and fasting glucose for identifying persons at risk for clinical outcomes such as diabetes. As compared with fasting glucose, glycated hemoglobin was similarly associated with the risk of diabetes and more strongly associated with the risks of cardiovascular disease and death from any cause, adding to data about the use of glycated hemoglobin as a diagnostic measure.
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/362/9/800?rss=1&query=current
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
In Obesity Epidemic, What's One Cookie?
From The New York Times:
In Obesity Epidemic, What's One Cookie?
Small caloric changes have almost no long-term effect on weight,
studies show.
NYTimes: Awareness: Report Calls for Spotlight on Hypertension
From The New York Times:
VITAL SIGNS: Awareness: Report Calls for Spotlight on Hypertension
Though high blood pressure is prevalent in the United States, many
Americans don't know they have it and doctors are lax about treating
it, a new report found.
Screening May Save Athletes
From The New York Times:
Screening May Save Athletes
Preventive EKGs for athletes are cost-effective, a study has
suggested, but a screening program in the United States would be
controversial.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Low-Fat Diet Tops Low-Carb in Long Run
A low-carb diet may offer quick results, but a new study suggests that a low-fat diet may be best for long-term weight loss and maintaining a healthy weight.
http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20100301/low-fat--diet-tops-low-carb-in-long-run?src=RSS_PUBLIC
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