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The GACD’s first published research project as part of its Hypertension programme has been published in the BMJ.
The study was funded by MRC-UK under the GACD’s Hypertension programme. The study, the first of its kind, found that children in Chinese families can play a big role in reducing the amount of salt consumed at home, by influencing their grandparents and then their parents, in turn.
The education materials created as part of the research educated families on the effects of salty diets on health. Levels of salt were measured in the participants urine and then compared at the end of the trial. It found salt intake was reduced by a quarter after the programme.