Expert group formed to drive salt reduction and dietary risk mitigation

Bengaluru

In a measurement toward reducing dietary risks and hypertension successful Karnataka, the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), successful collaboration with NGOs Vision for Social Development (VSD) and Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL), connected Thursday launched a Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to steer the State’s brackish simplification initiative.

This adept radical aims to institutionalise evidence-based strategies to trim sodium intake and forestall non-communicable diseases (NCDs) crossed the State, strengthening Karnataka’s nationalist wellness effect to lifestyle-related disorders.

Bhagavan. B.C., Vice-Chancellor of RGUHS, said, “As portion of this commitment, RGUHS is arrogant to anchor this pioneering inaugural that brings unneurotic science, policy, and assemblage action. Through research, training, and organization collaborations, we purpose to marque Karnataka a exemplary for dietary hazard simplification and healthier nutrient systems,” helium said.

Vishal Rao U.S., subordinate of the High-Power Committee, Government of Karnataka, emphasised the captious nexus betwixt dietary habits and semipermanent wellness outcomes. He noted, “Policy translation begins with consciousness and evidence. By embedding brackish simplification and healthier dietary practices into our existing wellness and acquisition frameworks, we are paving the mode for a aboriginal wherever prevention becomes the modular attack alternatively than an afterthought. This inaugural reflects our corporate committedness to creating a healthier Karnataka done informed policy, education, and behavioural change.”