Related Links

Many organizations provide online information to help you live a heart-healthy life and reduce sodium in your diet.
Many organizations provide information to help you learn more about the health effects of sodium, sources of sodium, and strategies for sodium reduction.
Federal Web Sites
- 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americansexternal icon
- CDC Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Data Trends and Maps website
- NHLBI Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Eating Planexternal icon
- Nutrition.gov: What’s in Food—Salt and Sodium external icon
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Choose MyPlate: Sodiumexternal icon
- United States Department of Agriculture- Sodiumexternal icon
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Sodium Reductionexternal icon
Non-Federal Web Sites
- American Heart Associationexternal icon
- ASTHO™ Sodium Reductionexternal icon
- ASTHO™ Improving Healthy Food Services: Reducing Sodium and Added Sugar Through Partnershipsexternal icon
- Consensus Action on Salt and Healthexternal icon
- Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassiumexternal icon
- Institute of Medicine of the National Academies- Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake in the United Statesexternal icon
- Institute of Medicine of the National Academies- Sodium Intake in Populations: Assessment of Evidenceexternal icon
- International Food Information Council: Sodium and Healthexternal icon
- National Salt Reduction Initiative (NSRI)external icon
- World Action on Salt and Healthexternal icon
- World Health Organization: Sodium Reductionexternal icon
- World Hypertension Leagueexternal icon
Links found on this resource page are provided solely as a service to the reader. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the federal government, and none should be inferred. CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization sites listed on this website.
Page last reviewed: February 26, 2021