Reduction in dietary sodium intake is an essential component of the lifestyle modifications useful for prevention and treatment of hypertension [1]. While its efficacy has been convincingly demonstrated by randomized clinical trials, it proves difficult to implement effectively in daily clinical practice. This is partly due to an often sluggish approach by health professionals in conveying the message to their patients [2], but is also in part related to an array of psychological, social and environmental factors specific to the patient as recognised a long time ago [3].
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