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Dietary sodium intake among youth

Pediatric Research volume 98, pages 397–401 (2025)Cite this article

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Although there was an overall decreasing trend in the mean sodium intake and excess sodium intake, dietary sodium intake remained suboptimal in US youth.

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YZ had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Data sharing will be available from YZ upon a reasonable request.

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Acknowledgements

The NHANES team and all participants involved in our study are acknowledged.

Funding

YZ received support by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2022YFC2705300).

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  1. These authors contributed equally: Guodong Ding, Chaochao Wen, Yan Chen.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

    Guodong Ding, Chaochao Wen, Yan Chen & Yongjun Zhang

  2. Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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GD and YZ conceived this study. GD, CW, and YC drafted the manuscript. YZ supervised and critically reviewed the manuscript. AV revised the data and the manuscript critically for important intellectual content. All authors approved the final manuscript as submitted and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

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Correspondence to Yongjun Zhang.

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NHANES was approved by the National Center for Health Statistics Research Ethics Review Board and written consent was obtained from participants’ parent. Because the data are publicly available and anonymized, institutional review board approval was not required for this study.

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Ding, G., Wen, C., Chen, Y. et al. Dietary sodium intake among youth. Pediatr Res 98, 397–401 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-025-03836-1

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