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

• 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for AmericansExternal
• CDC Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Data Trends and Maps website
• NHLBI Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Eating PlanExternal
• Nutrition.gov: What’s in Food—Salt and Sodium External
• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Choose MyPlate: SodiumExternal
• United States Department of Agriculture- SodiumExternal
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Sodium ReductionExternal

Non-Federal Web Sites

• American Heart AssociationExternal
• ASTHO™ Sodium ReductionExternal
• ASTHO™ Improving Healthy Food Services: Reducing Sodium and Added Sugar Through PartnershipsExternal
• Consensus Action on Salt and HealthExternal
• Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) for Water, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, and SulfateExternal
• Institute of Medicine of the National Academies- Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake in the United StatesExternal
• Institute of Medicine of the National Academies- Sodium Intake in Populations: Assessment of EvidenceExternal
• International Food Information Council: Sodium and HealthExternal
• National Salt Reduction Initiative (NSRI)External
• World Action on Salt and HealthExternal
• World Health Organization, Reducing Salt Intake in PopulationsExternal
• World Health Organization: Sodium ReductionExternal
• World Hypertension LeagueExternal

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.