Open AccessEffect of nutrition education in reducing sodium intake and increasing potassium intake in hypertensive adults
Author(s) -
You-Sin Lee,
Moo-Yong Rhee,
Sim-Yeol Lee
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nutrition research and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.506
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2005-6168
pISSN - 1976-1457
DOI - 10.4162/nrp.2020.14.5.540
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , sodium , nutrition education , potassium , urine , zoology , food science , gerontology , biology , chemistry , organic chemistry
Hypertension is the major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, a leading cause of deaths in Korea. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of a nutrition education in reducing sodium intake and increasing potassium intake in hypertensive adults.