TY - JOUR AU - Lee, Alexandra K. AU - Schieb, Linda J. AU - Yuan, Keming AU - Maalouf, Joyce AU - Gillespie, Cathleen AU - Cogswell, Mary E. PY - 2015 TI - Sodium Content in Packaged Foods by Census Division in the United States, 2009 T2 - Preventing Chronic Disease JO - Prev Chronic Dis SP - E43 VL - 12 CY - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. N2 - Excess sodium intake correlates positively with high blood pressure. Blood pressure varies by region, but whether sodium content of foods sold varies across regions is unknown. We combined nutrition and sales data from 2009 to assess the regional variation of sodium in packaged food products sold in 3 of the 9 US census divisions. Although sodium density and concentration differed little by region, fewer than half of selected food products met Food and Drug Administration sodium-per-serving conditions for labeling as "healthy." Regional differences in hypertension were not reflected in differences in the sodium content of packaged foods from grocery stores. SN - 1545-1151 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd12.140500 DO - 10.5888/pcd12.140500 ER -