Salt Intake and Health Risk in Climate Change Vulnerable Coastal Bangladesh: What Role Do Beliefs and Practices Play?

Rasheed, Sabrina; Siddique, A. K.; Sharmin, Tamanna; Hasan, A M Rumayan; Hanifi, Syed Manzoor Ahmed; Iqbal, Mohammad; Bhuiya, Abbas

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0152783

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“…102 The overall risk perception regarding excessive salt consumption is low and there is widespread belief that the cooking process can render the salt harmless. 103 High salt intake presumably contributes to hypertension, which is an established risk factor for CAD.…”

Section: Lifestyle Related Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cardiovascular Disease in Bangladesh: A Review

2017

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Abstract:Like elsewhere, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an increasingly important cause of morbidity and mortality in Bangladesh. Over the past few decades, because of epidemiological transition, the prevailing disease pattern in this country changed from predominantly communicable to predominantly non-communicable disease, CVD contributes to the latter a lot. Actually, CVD particularly coronary artery disease (CAD) is getting epidemic proportion day by day. Hypertension and heart failure are on the rise, whereas the prevalence of acute rheumatic fever is declining. However, despite some efforts, reliable data concerning various aspects of CVD is inadequate at present. The current prevalence of hypertension, CAD, rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease and stroke may be 20-25%, 4-6%, <1/1000, 0.3-1.0% respectively. Besides conventional risk factors for different CVD, genetic predisposition and some novel issues like high salt intake, arsenicosis, hypovitaminosis D and air pollution may play important role in the aetiopathogenesis of CVD in this population. Formulation of appropriate policy and more emphasis on preventive strategy may help combat CVD in Bangladesh.

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Section: Lifestyle Related Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cardiovascular Disease in Bangladesh: A Review

2017

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“…Some families may consume an excess of salt in their diets, but most of the families seem to take permissible amount of salt. Because the amount of salt is divided by the number of family members, with equal weight given to everyone from old people to children, some individual salt intakes are likely to be underestimated, particularly for older people, who usually consume more salt (Rasheed et al 2016). Snacks were not considered, so the numbers shown here should be regarded as the minimum level of salt intake in the daily diet.…”

Section: Salt In Dietmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As safe salinity levels in drinking water have not been suggested , except that sodium levels greater than 0.2 g/L are unacceptable in terms of taste (WHO 2008), the problem needs attention and the development of emergency countermeasures. In the past decade, studies on the impact of saline drinking water on health in Bangladesh were bolstered (Khan et al 2008(Khan et al , 2014Vineis et al 2011;Rasheed et al 2014Rasheed et al , 2016Talukder et al 2017). Khan et al (2011) studied the influence of saline water on pregnant women living in the coastal zones of Bangladesh.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In terms of the local habit of salt intake, Rasheed et al (2016) interviewed rural people in the region and reported that most of the participants thought salt was beneficial for their health because of the public health promotion of iodized salt to reduce the rates of goiter and iodine deficiency (Yusuf et al 2008) and the use of oral rehydration solution (ORS)-of which salt is an essential componentto save lives when people become dehydrated. Therefore, people living in the region could be more likely to consume food containing high levels of salt every day.…”

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Saline Drinking Water and Salt in Diet: An Approximate Picture of the Situation in a Coastal Area of Southeastern Bangladesh

Sakamoto

2017

Int J Disaster Risk Sci

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Coastal areas of Bangladesh have been facing increasing salinity of surface water and groundwater. This study provides the approximate scope of the problem in a coastal area of southeastern Bangladesh by using less-accurate, but lower-cost salinity measuring devices that enable local people to assess the situation. Ten local women were employed to monitor 10 tube wells each on a weekly basis, from mid-February to mid-May, during the 2016 dry season. Geographical Information System and time series clustering were used to visualize the spatial distribution and seasonal change of the salinity levels. In addition, the tube well users were asked about the salt consumption in their daily diet. One-third of the monitored tube wells were found to contain more sodium than the tolerable level in terms of taste suggested by the World Health Organization. However, the mean salinity level across all monitored tube wells was much lower. The salinity level varied depending on the depth of the tube wells rather than their locations or altitudes, and those deeper than 200 m were likely to be salt free. The results of the diet survey showed that wealthier households tended to use more salt in their daily diets, but at the same time they tended to have deeper tube wells that are less likely to contain high levels of sodium.

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“…6 It has been found that food consumption is dictated by beliefs and cultures. 7 In the UK, it has been found that a significant proportion of the respondents found themselves to be health conscious but they were not fully aware of the health issues regarding salt in the diet. 8 Review studies suggested that a greater number of women and those with higher education levels have higher levels of knowledge about salt intake.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%