Appendix A

List of Information Boxes, Figures, and Tables

Chapter 1: Salt: A Primer

Figure 1.1 Water-added ham

Figure 1.2 Daily sodium intakes of different populations

Figure 1.3 Most sodium comes from processed and restaurant foods

Table 1.1 Calorie and sodium (mg) intakes for people with a sedentary lifestyle

Table 1.2 Salt bombs at grocery stores

Table 1.3 Salt bombs at restaurants

Table 1.4 Top 10 sources of sodium

Chapter 2: The Case for Eating Less Salt

Box 2.1 Sodium, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease by the numbers

Box 2.2 What high blood pressure is and does

Figure 2.1 Blood pressure categories

Figure 2.2 Changes in systolic blood pressure on the DASH and DASH–sodium diets at three sodium levels

Chapter 3: The Case against Eating Less Salt

Figure 3.1 Both high and low sodium intakes appear to be harmful

Chapter 4: What All the Research Means

Table 4.1 Strength of evidence for and against reducing sodium intake, rated from 1 (low) to 5 (high)

Chapter 5: The Mouse That Roared: The Salt Institute

Figure 5.1 The salt institute’s going-out-of-business notice

Chapter 7: Less-Salty Diets around the Globe

Figure 7.1 Sid the Slug was a key spokescharacter in the UK’s salt-awareness campaign

Figure 7.2 Front-of-package warning labels

Table 7.1 International actions to limit sodium

Chapter 8: Policy Paralysis in the United States

Box 8.1 Timeline of policy activities related to salt

Chapter 9: Progress at Last!

Box 9.1 Salt hero—American Heart Association

Figure 9.1 Saltshaker warning icons

Table 9.1 Company commitments to lowering sodium

Chapter 11: Protecting Your Own Health

Box 11.1 FDA definitions of sodium-related terms on food labels

Box 11.2 Tips for lower-salt cooking at home

Box 11.3 Making your own salt-free seasoning mix

Box 11.4 Tips from people who cut the salt and improved their health

Table 11.1 My sodium intake form

Table 11.2 Potassium content of selected foods (mg)

Table 11.3 A healthy eating plan for a 2,100-calorie diet