...Daniele B. Vinholes; Carlos Alberto Machado; Hilton Chaves; Sinara L. Rossato; Ione M.F. Melo; Flavio D. Fuchs; Sandra C. Fuchs Purpose A staff canteen in the workplace can offer a healthier diet, which may lower the blood pressure (BP). The purpose of this paper is to evaluate whether...

...M.R. Law Shows how blood pressure increases with age in Western communities,where the amount of salt in the diet is relatively high. A reduction in salt consumption would lower blood pressure, which, in turn, would result in a substantial reduction in mortality due to stroke and to heart disease...