ReviewNutrients2021
Salt and Sugar: Two Enemies of Healthy Blood Pressure in Children.
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- Household food insecurity, nutrient intakes and BMI in New Zealand infants.Public health nutrition · 2025Article
- Biological and Experiential Factors That Impact the Acceptance of Complementary Foods.Annals of nutrition & metabolism · 2025Review
- Non-Pharmacological Treatment for Cardiovascular Risk Prevention in Children and Adolescents with Obesity.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Assessment of Epicardial Fat in Children: Its Role as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor and How It Is Influenced by Lifestyle Habits.Nutrients · 2024Review
- The Future for the Children of Tomorrow: Avoiding Salt in the First 1000 Days.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Mechanisms and treatment of obesity-related hypertension-Part 1: Mechanisms.Clinical kidney journal · 2024Review
- Interplay between energy metabolism and NADPH oxidase-mediated pathophysiology in cardiovascular diseases.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Review
- Benchmarking the nutrient composition and labelling practices of finger foods and snacks for older infants and young children across seven Southeast Asian countries.Maternal & child nutrition · 2023Article
- 2022 World Hypertension League, Resolve To Save Lives and International Society of Hypertension dietary sodium (salt) global call to action.Journal of human hypertension · 2023Review
- Nutrient Profiles of Commercially Produced Complementary Foods Available in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Pathogenesis of Hypertension in Metabolic Syndrome: The Role of Fructose and Salt.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Estimation of Salt Intake in Normotensive and Hypertensive Children: The Role of Body Weight.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Health Status and Nutritional Habits in Maldives Pediatric Population: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Comparable Analysis of Acute Changes in Vascular Tone after Coffee versus Energy Drink Consumption.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Hypertension in Quilombola children and adolescents.Medicine · 2022Article
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- High Fructose Intake Contributes to Elevated Diastolic Blood Pressure in Adolescent Girls: Results from The HELENA Study.Nutrients · 2021Article
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Abstract
The prevalence of essential arterial hypertension in children and adolescents has grown considerably in the last few decades, making this disease a major clinical problem in the pediatric age. The pathogenesis of arterial hypertension is multifactorial, with one of the components being represented by incorrect eating habits. In particular, excessive salt and sugar intake can contribute to the onset of hypertension in children, particularly in subjects with excess weight. Babies have an innate predisposition for sweet taste, while that for salty taste manifests after a few weeks. The recent modification of dietary styles and the current very wide availability of salt and sugar has led to an exponential increase in the consumption of these two nutrients. The dietary intake of salt and sugar in children is in fact much higher than that recommended by health agencies. The purpose of this review is to explore the mechanisms via which an excessive dietary intake of salt and sugar can contribute to the onset of arterial hypertension in children and to show the most important clinical studies that demonstrate the association between these two nutrients and arterial hypertension in pediatric age. Correct eating habits are essential for the prevention and nondrug treatment of essential hypertension in children and adolescents.
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