Proportion of the population age 15 years and older who consumed more than one salty food in the previous day or night. Salty foods include processed meats, packaged ultra-processed salty snacks, instant noodles, deep fried foods, and fast food.
The WHO recommends sodium be limited to <2g/day (<5g/day salt). Excessive consumption of ultraprocessed salty foods may increase the risk of hypertension and diet-related noncommunicable diseases, and is a marker of dietary transitions. For this reason "processed foods high in salt" is reported in WHO STEPS survey fact sheets. Two or more ultraprocessed salty foods is related to a higher likelihood of exceeding the WHO salt recommendation.