getting to 2,300: balancing health with consumer preferences and industry challenges
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Getting to 2,300:Balancing Health with Consumer
Preferences and Industry Challenges
Grocery Manufacturers Association& Center for Science in the Public Interest
October 22-23, 2007
July 9, 2008National Restaurant Association
Chicago, Illinois
Conference Goals
• Help consumers meet 2005 DG salt/sodium recommendation
• Elevate the need to motivate the public to expand variety of food intake (MyPyramid)
• Underscore multifactorial dimension of blood pressure
Conference Goals
• Present stakeholder efforts related to sodium reduction and attention to public health goals
• Elevate the critical need for development of acceptable salt substitutes by government and industry
• Underscore the need to improve food composition and consumption data
Conference Goals
• Develop consensus around the need to enhance public education
• Provide input to FDA, government, and stakeholders on salt/sodium reduction activities, opportunities, challenges, and research needs
Conference Participants
• Food manufacturers• Restaurants• Food service• Government (HHS, FDA, USDA)• Academics• Health professionals• Consumer advocates
Issues Addressed
• Current recommendations, sodium intake, food sources
• Consumer views on health & sodium
• Industry challenges, successes and opportunities (food manufacturers, restaurants, food service)
Issues Addressed
• Salt replacement technology• Research recommendations• Metrics for evaluation• Database needs• How to reach consumers
Facilitated Breakout Sessions
• 5 breakout groups• Discussion areas:
• Challenges & opportunities• Measures of success• Data needs• Research needs• Recommendations for moving forward
Breakout Session Objectives
• Create a collective thinking experience that bridges disciplines and perspectives to identify and discuss challenges and opportunities in helping consumers move to the 2005 Dietary Guidelines goal of 2,300 mg sodium/day.
• Provide a unique, dynamic experience that engages all participants in meaningful dialogue and search for innovative solutions to challenges and obstacles.
• Explore recommendations, including education and research, for moving forward.
Breakout Session Highlights
• Concentrate on positive messages about food, diet, and health
• Focus should be on overall dietary and food patterns, not individual nutrients
• Encourage continued progress with incremental reductions and food product options
Breakout Session Highlights
• Sustainable changes needed• Improve efforts at changing
behaviors through social and integrated marketing
• MyPyramid and DASH dietary patterns is the goal