Background: Reducing salt intake has been proposed to prevent cardiovascular disease in India. We sought to determine whether salt reductions would be beneficial or feasible, given the worry that unrealistically large reductions would be required, worsening iodine deficiency and benefiting only...

Objective: To examine the potential effect of a tax on palm oil on hyperlipidemia and on mortality due to cardiovascular disease in India.Design Economic-epidemiologic model. Modeling methods: A microsimulation model of mortality due to myocardial infarction and stroke among Indian populations...