1 / 6

Th a il a nd Salt Reduction Policy

Bureau of Nutrition. Th a il a nd Salt Reduction Policy. Dr. Narong Saiwongse, M.D., MPH., Director of Bureau of Nutrition. London, UK., July 2010. Bureau of Nutrition. Salt Reduction Strategy. 25% salt reduction in food products: snack food, homemade diet etc.

tracy
Download Presentation

Th a il a nd Salt Reduction Policy

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Bureau of Nutrition Thailand Salt Reduction Policy Dr. Narong Saiwongse, M.D., MPH., Director of Bureau of Nutrition Bureau of Nutrition,MoPH,Thailand London, UK., July 2010

  2. Bureau of Nutrition Salt Reduction Strategy • 25% salt reduction in food products: snack food, • homemade diet etc. • Raising awareness of the consequences of • high sodium diet for example; hypertension • edema, stroke etc. • Publicity Campaigns: Hypertension Day, Healthy Menu, • Nutrition Flag, • Nine Nutrition Rules for Thai People • ( Food Based Dietary Guideline for THAI, 2009) Bureau of Nutrition,MoPH,Thailand

  3. Bureau of Nutrition Survey of Salt Consumption among Thai population • Top 5 of Household Condiments in Thailand • Fish Sauce • Soy Sauce • Table Salt • Shrimp Paste • Oyster Sauce Bureau of Nutrition,MoPH,Thailand

  4. Bureau of Nutrition Survey of NaCl Consumption among Thai population • Average NaCl consumption among Thai people • (in 2008-2009) 10.8 g./day/person • 10 g. NaCl in Homemade Diet • (8 g. NaCl in condiments, 2 g. NaCl in natural food) • 0.8 g. NaCl in Ready to eat/Snack/Street Food (Hawker) Bureau of Nutrition,MoPH,Thailand

  5. Bureau of Nutrition Survey of NaCl Consumption among Thai population 8 g. NaCl from condiments : 3.0 g.salt 2.6 g.fish sauce 0.4 g.seasoning powder 0.4 g.soy sauce 0.3 g.shrimp paste * Thai RDI,2003, Na Requirement for Thai Adult is 1,600 mg./day Bureau of Nutrition,MoPH,Thailand

  6. Bureau of Nutrition Nutrition Labeling, Thailand • The MoPH Announcement No. 182 (1998) • Nutrition Labeling present nutrition fact of food products for health claim • Sodium shown as milligram and % of Thai recommended daily intake (Thai RDI) * Thai RDI,2003, Na Recommended daily intake for Thai Adult is 1,600 mg./day Bureau of Nutrition,MoPH,Thailand

More Related