The University of Pretoria and Partners Awarded LINKS Grant Worth $100 000

University of Pretoria

The University of Pretoria (UP) in partnership with the University of Wollongong; the Heart and Stroke Foundation SA; Discovery Vitality and the George Institute for Global Health has been awarded a highly competitive, two-year LINKS grant worth $100 000 to evaluate South African sodium targets for processed food.

According to UP nutrition scientist Dr Beulah Pretorius, the programme will encourage enforcement of mandatory sodium targets in processed foods by evaluating how well the food industry is complying with the targets and developing monitoring systems.

She will oversee the sampling and chemical analyses of a wide range of food products (such as bread, breakfast cereals, processed meat, savoury snacks, and soup and gravy powders) as indicated in the regulations as well as the development of monitoring and surveillance to ensure the success of sodium reduction legislation published in 2013.

The grant program is part of the LINKS platform that connects scientists working to improve cardiovascular health around the world, is funded by Resolve to Save Lives, an initiative of Vital Strategies, and managed by Resolve along with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the CDC Foundation.

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Article by Jedidah Mwangi

Source;https://www.up.ac.za/news/post_2858833-up-and-partners-awarded-grant-to-evaluate-south-african-sodium-targets-for-processed-food-

 

 

 

 

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