Campbell, Norm R. C.Johnson, Jillian A.Campbell, Tavis S.2018-09-272018-09-272012-01-03Norm R. C. Campbell, Jillian A. Johnson, and Tavis S. Campbell, “Sodium Consumption: An Individual's Choice?,” International Journal of Hypertension, vol. 2012, Article ID 860954, 6 pages, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/860954http://hdl.handle.net/1880/108362https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/45386Excess intake of dietary salt is estimated to be one of the leading risks to health worldwide. Major national and international health organizations, along with many governments around the world, have called for reductions in the consumption of dietary salt. This paper discusses behavioural and population interventions as mechanisms to reduce dietary salt. In developed countries, salt added during food processing is the dominant source of salt and largely outside of the direct control of individuals. Population-based interventions have the potential to improve health and to be cost saving for these countries. In developing economies, where salt added in cooking and at the table is the dominant source, interventions based on education and behaviour change have been estimated to be highly cost effective. Regardless, countries with either developed or developing economies can benefit from the integration of both population and behavioural change interventions.Journal Article2018-09-27enCopyright © 2012 Norm R. C. Campbell et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/860954