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2014年9月4日
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本周美国疾病预防控制中心«减盐电子周刊»内容包括：新的美国心脏病协会（AHA）以及美国疾控中心减钠资源和对小型企业的经费支持信息。
新的美国心脏病协会资讯图表强调消费者相关研究
最近，美国心脏病协会发表了一个消费者研究结果图表，结果显示：
- 75%的美国人希望降低加工食品和餐厅食品的钠含量；
- 58%的美国人已经开始尝试减钠；
- 97%的美国人不知道或者低估了他们的钠摄入量。
在2014年，美国疾病预防控制中心发布了类似的结果，研究显示美国消费者总体来说支持政府在餐馆食品、学校食品和加工食品里减盐。
美国疾病预防控制中心的数据总结请见：http://www.cdc.gov/salt/pdfs/kab_highlights.pdf. 美国心脏病协会的资讯图表请见：http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/NutritionCenter/HealthyEating/75-of-Americans-Want-Less-Sodium-in-Processed-and-Restaurant-Foods-Infographic_UCM_467291_SubHomePage.jsp.
小型企业创新性研究项目将支持光学营养信息扫描的应用程序开发
一项小型企业创新性研究项目将支持一个为期6个月的应用程序（app）开发活动，经费为15万美元。这个应用程序将使用光学字符识别技术（OCR）来直接从智能手机拍摄的照片上识别营养成分信息。项目将涉及：
- 与有创新性的小型的电子科技企业合作开发可以阅读和解释营养成分表的OCR程序；
- 测试该程序的准确性和有效性，确保这个程序可以成功阅读相关信息，并能和其它应用程序结合使用，并最终服务于消费者。
该申请程序的截止时间是美国东部时间11月5日下午4：30。仅接受纸质计划书。
申请的相关信息请见下面文件的Topic 37，在第103页。
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/SBIRContract/PHS2015-1.pdf.
感谢您对减少钠摄入长期以来的关注和支持！
请注意：
本简讯英文版由美国疾病预防控制中心发布，中文版由骄阳翻译公司翻译，如有歧义，请以英文版本为准。
(该信息为与减钠的相关伙伴机构和个人分享将正在进行的减钠活动信息。目的是为相关同仁提供持续更新的信息，并为对减钠工作感兴趣或致力于减钠工作的个人或机构创建一个合作网络。《减盐电子周刊》将每两周发布一期，如果你知道一些应该添加进来的人，或者你希望被从该通信人中删除，请联系蔡颖女士(caiy@cn.cdc.gov))。
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Hello –
This week’s CDC Salt e-Update includes new AHA and CDC sodium resources and a funding opportunity for small businesses.
New AHA Infographic Highlights Consumer Research
Recently, the American Heart Association published an infographic with select consumer research findings. The findings indicate –
- 75% of Americans want less sodium in processed and restaurant food.
- 58% of Americans have tried to reduce sodium in their diet.
- 97% of Americans do not know, or underestimate, their sodium intake.
CDC published similar findings in 2014 indicating that U.S. consumers are generally supportive of government actions to reduce sodium in restaurant and school meals, and manufactured food. CDC data are summarized here: http://www.cdc.gov/salt/pdfs/kab_highlights.pdf. To access the AHA infographic visit: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/NutritionCenter/HealthyEating/75-of-Americans-Want-Less-Sodium-in-Processed-and-Restaurant-Foods-Infographic_UCM_467291_SubHomePage.jsp.
Small Business Innovation Research Program to Fund App on Optical Nutrition Facts Scanning
The Small Business Innovation Research Program is looking to fund $150,000 over six months for creation of a mobile application. The application will use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to read Nutrition Facts Panel’s (NFPs) directly from photos of labels taken with a smart phone. The project will involve –
- Collaboration with innovative tech-industry small business to create OCR technology to read and interpret NFPs.
- Testing the accuracy and validity of the mobile application to ensure the ability to successfully read and interpret NFPs into information that will add value to other mobile applications, and ultimately consumers.
The application process closes on November 5, 2014 at 4:30 PM Eastern Time. Only paper submissions will be accepted.
The applicant solicitation for “Optical Character Recognition Software for Scanning Nutrition Facts Panel” is published as Topic 37 and may be found on page 103, here: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/SBIRContract/PHS2015-1.pdf.
Thank you for your continued engagement in sodium reduction.
Regards,
Jessica
Jessica Lee Levings, MS, RD, LD
Contractor/Public Health Analyst
Office of the Director
Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Phone: 770-488-8243 Fax: 770-488-8151
(We are sending this information in an effort to inform our stakeholders of relevant sodium reduction efforts that are occurring. The purpose of this communication is to provide continued follow up with stakeholders and create a network of partners working on and interested in sodium reduction. The Salt e-Update will be sent every two weeks. For questions or comments, or to be added or removed from this communication, contact Jessica Levings at JLevings@cdc.gov).
Salt e-Update content is selected solely on the basis of newsworthiness and potential interest to readers. CDC assumes no responsibility for the factual accuracy of the items presented. The selection, omission, or content of items does not imply any endorsement or other position taken by CDC. Opinions expressed by the original authors of items included in Salt e-Update, or persons quoted therein, are strictly their own and are in no way meant to represent the official position of CDC. References to products, trade names, publications, news sources, and Websites are provided solely for informational purposes and do not imply endorsement by the CDC.
