Each participant completed a 3-day food record, 2 weekdays
and 1 weekend, to increase accuracy; first author provided
5minutes of instructions to each participant on how to
complete the food records. Also, participants were encouraged
to consume usual amounts of typical food for the
completion of the food record. Participants were asked to
measure the volume of food consumed with household measurements
(cups, tablespoons). After completing the food
record, participantsmet thefirst author to reviewall the information
for record accuracy and completeness and portion
size of individual items on the food record. Nutritional data
were analyzed by Nutritionist 4 software and sodium intake
extracted