Salt-related knowledge, attitudes and practices and their relationship with 24-h urinary sodium and potassium excretions among a group of healthy residents in the UAE: a cross-sectional study.

Autor:	Jarrar AH; Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, 15551, UAE.; Oxford Brookes Centre for Nutrition and Health, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK., Thondre PS; Oxford Brookes Centre for Nutrition and Health, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK., Cheikh Ismail L; Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Department, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah27272, UAE.; Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, OxfordOX1 2JD, UK., Lightowler H; Oxford Brookes Centre for Nutrition and Health, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK., Bataineh MF; Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, 15551, UAE.; Department of Sport Rehabilitation, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Science, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordon., Al Baloushi AK; Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, 15551, UAE., Al Braiki AY; Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, 15551, UAE., Al Halabi S; Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, 15551, UAE., Hajouz J; Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, 15551, UAE., Souka U; Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, 15551, UAE., Al Meqbaali F; Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, 15551, UAE., Stojanovska L; Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia., Ali HI; Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, 15551, UAE., Idriss JT; Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, 15551, UAE., Al Daour R; Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Department, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah27272, UAE., Saleh ST; Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Department, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah27272, UAE., Mohamad MN; Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, 15551, UAE., Al Dhaheri AS; Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, 15551, UAE.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Public health nutrition [Public Health Nutr] 2024 Oct 25; Vol. 27 (1), pp. e235. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 25.
DOI:	10.1017/S1368980024002015
Abstrakt:	Objective: This study aimed to measure urinary sodium and potassium as a measure of sodium and potassium intake concerning the knowledge, attitude and practice towards sodium intake among a group of healthy residents in the UAE. Design: A cross-sectional study on a sample of healthy adults in the UAE. In addition to the knowledge, attitude and practice questionnaire, sodium and potassium excretions and food records were taken. Setting: The UAE. Participants: A sample of 190 healthy individuals aged between 20 and 60 years. Results: The mean (± sd) age of the sample was 38·6 (± 12·5) years, and 50·5 % were females. The mean urinary sodium and potassium intake were 2816·2 ± 675·7 mg/d and 2533·3 ± 615 mg/d, respectively. The means were significantly different compared with the WHO recommendation of sodium and potassium ( P < 0·001). About 65 % of the participants exceeded the WHO recommendations for salt intake, and participants' knowledge classification for health-related issues was fair, while food-related knowledge was poor ( P = 0·001). A two-stage stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed that knowledge, attitude and practice scores were negatively associated with urinary sodium excretion ( r = -0·174; P = 0·017) and those older participants and females had lower urinary sodium excretion ( P < 0·001). Conclusions: These findings may suggest an increase in the risk of hypertension in the UAE population. Moreover, these findings emphasise the need to establish education and public awareness programmes focusing on identifying the sodium contents of foods and establishing national regulations regarding food reformulation, particularly for staple foods such as bread.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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