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Publications: MS Monique Tan

Tan M ( 2024 ) . Mandatory salt targets: a key policy tool for global salt reduction efforts . The Lancet Public Health vol. 9 , ( 11 ) e834 - e835 .
Pellegrino F, Tan M, Richonnet C, Reinert R, Bucher Della Torre S, Chatelan A ( 2024 ) . What Is the Nutritional Quality of Pre-Packed Foods Marketed to Children in Food Stores? A Survey in Switzerland . Nutrients vol. 16 , ( 11 ) 1656 - 1656 .
Song J, Tan M, Wang C, Brown MK, Pombo-Rodrigues S, MacGregor GA, He FJ ( 2023 ) . Salt intake, blood pressure and cardiovascular disease mortality in England, 2003–2018 . Journal of Hypertension vol. 41 , ( 11 ) 1713 - 1720 .
Valero-Morales I, Tan M, Pei Y, He FJ, MacGregor GA ( 2022 ) . 24-hour sodium and potassium excretion in the Americas: a systematic review and meta-analysis . Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública vol. 46 , 1 - 1 .
Tan M, He F, Morris JK, MacGregor G ( 2022 ) . Reducing daily salt intake in China by 1 g could prevent almost 9 million cardiovascular events by 2030: a modelling study . BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health vol. 5 , ( 2 ) 164 - 170 .
Tan M, Wang C, Song J, He FJ, MacGregor GA ( 2022 ) . Spot urinary sodium to monitor relative changes in population salt intake during the UK salt reduction programme . Journal of Hypertension vol. 40 , ( 7 ) 1406 - 1410 .
Du W, Wang H, Zhang J, Zhang X, Wei N, Li Y, Tan M, Zhang P et al. ( 2022 ) . Sodium content of restaurant dishes in China: a cross-sectional survey . Nutrition Journal vol. 21 , ( 1 ) Article 10 ,
He FJ, Zhang P, Luo R, Li Y, Sun Y, Chen F, Zhao Y, Zhao W et al. ( 2022 ) . App based education programme to reduce salt intake (AppSalt) in schoolchildren and their families in China: parallel, cluster randomised controlled trial . BMJe066982 - e066982 .
Brown MK, Song J, MacGregor GA, Tan M, He FJ ( 2022 ) . Better Late Than Never: The FDA’s Sodium Reduction Targets . American Journal of Public Health vol. 112 , ( 2 ) 191 - 193 .
Song Y, Li Y, Guo C, Wang Y, Huang L, Tan M, He FJ, Harris T et al. ( 2021 ) . Cross-sectional comparisons of sodium content in processed meat and fish products among five countries: potential for feasible targets and reformulation . BMJ Open vol. 11 , ( 10 ) e046412 - e046412 .
Song J, Brown MK, Tan M, MacGregor GA, Webster J, Campbell NRC, Trieu K, Ni Mhurchu C et al. ( 2021 ) . Impact of color-coded and warning nutrition labelling schemes: A systematic review and network meta-analysis . PLOS Medicine vol. 18 , ( 10 ) e1003765 - e1003765 .
Alonso S, Tan M, Wang C, Kent S, Cobiac L, MacGregor GA, He FJ, Mihaylova B ( 2021 ) . Impact of the 2003 to 2018 Population Salt Intake Reduction Program in England . Hypertension vol. 77 , ( 4 ) 1086 - 1094 .
Sun Y, Luo R, Li Y, He FJ, Tan M, MacGregor GA, Liu H, Zhang P ( 2021 ) . App-Based Salt Reduction Intervention in School Children and Their Families (AppSalt) in China: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Process Evaluation . JMIR Research Protocols vol. 10 , ( 2 ) e19430 - e19430 .
Du W, Zhang J, Li Y, He FJ, Zhou X, Xu Z, Gao Y, Yin L et al. ( 2020 ) . Restaurant interventions for salt reduction in China: protocol for a randomised controlled trial . BMJ Open vol. 10 , ( 12 ) e038744 - e038744 .
Dodd R, Santos JA, Tan M, Campbell NRC, Ni Mhurchu C, Cobb L, Jacobson MF, He FJ et al. ( 2020 ) . Effectiveness and Feasibility of Taxing Salt and Foods High in Sodium: A Systematic Review of the Evidence . Advances in Nutrition vol. 11 , ( 6 ) 1616 - 1630 .
Li Y, Zhang P, Wu J, Ma J, Xu J, Zhang X, Luo R, Liu M et al. ( 2020 ) . Twenty-Four–Hour Urinary Sodium and Potassium Excretion and Their Associations With Blood Pressure Among Adults in China . Hypertension vol. 76 , ( 5 ) 1580 - 1588 .
Dong Y, Ma Y, Hu P, Dong B, Zou Z, Yang Y, Xu R, Wang Z et al. ( 2020 ) . Ethnicity, socioeconomic status and the nutritional status of Chinese children and adolescents: Findings from three consecutive national surveys between 2005 and 2014 . Pediatric Obesity vol. 15 , ( 11 ) Article e12664 ,
Tan M, He FJ, MacGregor GA ( 2020 ) . Obesity and covid-19: the role of the food industry . BMJm2237 - m2237 .
Alessandrini R, He F, Hashem KM, Tan M, MacGregor GA ( 2020 ) . Reformulation and priorities for reducing energy density; a survey on fat content in cakes and biscuits sold in British supermarkets . Proceedings of the Nutrition Society . vol. 79 ,
Zhang P, He FJ, Li Y, Li C, Wu J, Ma J, Zhang B, Wang H et al. ( 2020 ) . Reducing Salt Intake in China with “Action on Salt China” (ASC): Protocol for Campaigns and Randomized Controlled Trials . JMIR Research Protocols vol. 9 , ( 4 ) e15933 - e15933 .
Pombo-Rodrigues S, Hashem KM, Tan M, Davies Z, He FJ, MacGregor GA ( 2020 ) . Nutrition Profile of Products with Cartoon Animations on the Packaging: A UK Cross-Sectional Survey of Foods and Drinks . Nutrients vol. 12 , ( 3 ) 707 - 707 .
He FJ, Tan M, Song J, MacGregor GA ( 2020 ) . Salt substitution to lower population blood pressure . Nature Medicine vol. 26 , ( 3 ) 313 - 314 .
He FJ, Tan M, Ma Y, MacGregor GA ( 2020 ) . Salt Reduction to Prevent Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease . Journal of the American College of Cardiology vol. 75 , ( 6 ) 632 - 647 .
Campbell NRC, Webster J, Blanco‐Metzler A, He FJ, Tan M, MacGregor GA, Cappuccio FP, Arcand J et al. ( 2019 ) . Packages of sodium (Salt) sold for consumption and salt dispensers should be required to have a front of package health warning label: A position statement of the World Hypertension League, national and international health and scientific organizations . The Journal of Clinical Hypertension vol. 21 , ( 11 ) 1623 - 1625 .
Tan M, He FJ, Ding J, Li Y, Zhang P, MacGregor GA ( 2019 ) . Salt content of sauces in the UK and China: cross-sectional surveys . BMJ Open vol. 9 , ( 9 ) e025623 - e025623 .
He FJ, Brown M, Tan M, MacGregor GA ( 2019 ) . Reducing population salt intake—An update on latest evidence and global action . The Journal of Clinical Hypertension vol. 21 , ( 10 ) 1596 - 1601 .
Zhang P, He FJ, Li Y, Li C, Wu J, Ma J, Zhang B, Wang H et al. ( 2019 ) . Reducing Salt Intake in China with “Action on Salt China” (ASC): Protocol for Campaigns and Randomized Controlled Trials (Preprint) .
Tan M, He FJ, Wang C, MacGregor GA ( 2019 ) . Twenty‐Four‐Hour Urinary Sodium and Potassium Excretion in China: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis . Journal of the American Heart Association vol. 8 , ( 14 ) Article e012923 ,
Tan M, He FJ, Wang C, MacGregor GA ( 2019 ) . TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR URINARY SODIUM AND POTASSIUM EXCRETION IN CHINA . Journal of Hypertension . vol. 37 , e12 - e12 .
Alessandrini R, He FJ, Hashem KM, Tan M, MacGregor GA ( 2019 ) . Reformulation and Priorities for Reducing Energy Density; Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey on Fat Content in Pre-Packed Cakes and Biscuits Sold in British Supermarkets . Nutrients vol. 11 , ( 6 ) 1216 - 1216 .
Campbell NRC, He FJ, Tan M, Cappuccio FP, Neal B, Woodward M, Cogswell ME, McLean R et al. ( 2019 ) . The International Consortium for Quality Research on Dietary Sodium/Salt (TRUE) position statement on the use of 24‐hour, spot, and short duration (<24 hours) timed urine collections to assess dietary sodium intake . The Journal of Clinical Hypertension vol. 21 , ( 6 ) 700 - 709 .
He FJ, Tan M, MacGregor GA ( 2019 ) . Urinary sodium excretion measures and health outcomes . The Lancet vol. 393 , ( 10178 ) 1293 - 1293 .
He FJ, Tan M, MacGregor GA ( 2019 ) . Salt and health . Reducing Salt in Foods , Elsevier
Tan M, He FJ, MacGregor GA ( 2018 ) . Salt and cardiovascular disease in PURE: A large sample size cannot make up for erroneous estimations . Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System vol. 19 , ( 4 ) Article 1470320318810015 ,
Tan M, Rheeston M, Douglas H ( 2017 ) . Using the Solihull Approach in breastfeeding support groups: Maternal perceptions . British Journal of Midwifery vol. 25 , ( 12 ) 765 - 773 .