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The declaration, signed by over 130 countries, focuses on the importance of reducing emissions in global food systems for the first time.

Pearson embraced a different, more inclusive philosophy of faith, but was branded as a heretic.

People in the UK have almost four-and-a-half sugary drinks a week on average, including fizzy cola, lemonade, energy drinks and fruit-flavoured drinks, based on the latest available data for 2018.

There is robust evidence that a reduction in salt intake lowers blood pressure and reduces the risk of strokes, heart attacks, and heart failure.1 But how can population wide salt consumption be reduced effectively? Several developed countries have been successful in reducing their populations’ salt intake mainly by setting incrementally lower salt targets for processed foods, which account for approximately 70-80% of salt intake.2 Developing countries, however, are lagging behind. China is the largest developing country with a population of 1.4 billion. Salt intake in China is very high, wi...

Objective To determine whether a smartphone application based education programme can lower salt intake in schoolchildren and their families. Design Parallel, cluster randomised controlled trial, with schools randomly assigned to either intervention or control group (1:1). Setting 54 primary schools from three provinces in northern, central, and southern China, from 15 September 2018 to 27 December 2019. Participants 592 children (308 (52.0%) boys; mean age 8.58 (standard deviation 0.41) years) in grade 3 of primary school (about 11 children per school) and 1184 adult family members (551 (46.5...