Abstract
The few studies, carried out on infants, children, and adolescents, relating blood pressure to sodium intake have shown a weak positive correlation in some but not all individuals. The effect of body size on blood pressure confounds the interpretation of the effect of dietary sodium on blood pressure. There appear to be sodium-sensitive and sodium-unsensitive infants, children, and adolescents and is probably genetically transmitted. Most infants, children, and adolescents in industrialized populations have a salt intake far greater than required, and reduction in dietary sodium is safe and may be beneficial to those individuals with a family history of primary hypertension.
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