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So it's pretty nice on the front of the package
而且标签在正面非常好
You can pretty quickly make the decision on what you'd like to eat more salt in
消费者很快就能确定什么里面盐多
and what you're willing to go for lower salt alternative
选择什么产品含盐较少
Here are the results
以下是结果
Sodium reduction in restaurant and processed foods
餐厅和加工食品中钠减少
Increase in dietary salt awareness from 3% to 34%
关于健康用盐的认识由3%上升到34%
And remarkably a decrease in salt intake by 10% over the first 3 years
头三年盐摄取量显著降低10%
The amazing thing about this is that it was quite a concerted effort for many people involved
非常棒的是，很多人都协力参与了进来
but the public I think was not quite aware that anything was going on
只是公众还不是很清楚发生了什么
because these changes happen gradually
因为变化很缓慢
they happened at the level of salt already added to the foods
而且盐减少是发生在食品生产阶段
And so although there was increased awareness and people made choices
不过人们意识还是在增强，他们会有所选择
basically all of the products had slightly lower levels of salt
而几乎所有产品的含盐量都在下降
The FDA in the US
美国食品和药物管理局(FDA)
has been very interested in what we can do in the US on this topic as well
也对美国能做些什么非常感兴趣
and announced plans last year
去年他们也宣布计划
to think of plans to limit the amount of salt allowed in processed foods
考虑限制加工食品中的允许含盐量
This is not moved as fast as many people would like
进展并不十分理想
but is still something that is really currently under consideration
但至少也是纳入考虑范围了
Because of the importance of hypertension
由于高血压的重要性
and the salt intake contributing to hypertension
及盐摄取对高血压的重要影响
there have been other efforts that are not based at the FDA in these regulatory modes
FDA以外还出现了各种尝试
and this is the national sodium reduction initiative
这是国家钠减少计划
That was really launched in New York but is now a national effort
在纽约启动，现已扩展到全国
and California's certainly one of the participants here
显然也涉及到加利福尼亚
Basically national health organizations called for a 50% reduction in the amount of salt
国家健康组织号召未来十年内
in restaurant and processed foods over the next 10 years
餐馆和加工食品中减少50%的盐
And to ensure this goal they needed to get a commitment from food industry
要实现这一目标，需要食品行业的配合
to reduce salt in processed preparative packaged foods
要实现这一目标，需要食品行业的配合
Here again, modeled on the UK efforts
这里借鉴了英国经验
62 categories of food products were identified ranging from breakfast cereals to canned soups
鉴别出62种食物产品,从早餐麦片到灌装汤
In New York City, they actually set targets with restaurants
在纽约市，他们还为餐馆设定了目标
and had really a remarkable amount of work going into really working with the restaurants
对餐馆行业进行了大量的工作
to decrease salt in their products as well
试图减少其产品含盐量
Who has joined these efforts nationally?
全国范围内，哪些人加入进来了呢
You can see here a large list and a growing list of food manufacturers who have voluntarily joined this effort
这里有一个列表，越来越多的食品生产商正自愿加入进来
and are working to lower salt content in many of their food product
自愿降低其食品中的含盐量
You will remember Michelle Obama when she announced our partnership with Walmart Part of that partnership also include Walmart's commitment to lowering salt in their food products as well
米歇尔 奥巴马就宣布过同沃尔玛的合作，沃尔玛也愿意降低其食物产品中的盐含量
