Assessment of Salt, Potassium, and Iodine Intake in the Croatian Adult Population Using 24 h Urinary Collection: The EH-UH 2 Study.
Mihaela Marinović GlavićLovorka BilajacMarta BolješićMarija BubašKrunoslav CapakMarija DomislovićAleksandar DžakulaMirjana FučekLana GellineoAna JelakovićJosipa JosipovićTomislav JukićDenis JuragaIvan PećinVladimir PrelevićDanilo RadunovicŽeljko ReinerTomislav RukavinaPetar ŠušnjaraVanja VasiljevValentina VidranskiBojan JelakovićPublished in: Nutrients (2024)
In the last fifteen years, salt consumption has been significantly reduced in the Croatian adult population because of the intensive and broad CRASH program. However, salt intake is still too high, and potassium ingestion is too low. Salt reduction programs are the most cost-effective methods of cardiovascular disease prevention and merit greater consideration by the government and health policy makers.