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Table 2.

Application of theory on salt reduction to dietary counseling.

Activity	Social Cognitive Theory	Advice and Skill Development	Tools	Measurements
General introduction	Knowledge	Salt and Health	Shopping guide	Salt intake screener
		How to reduce salt and increase potassium	Keyhole label
		Nutrition facts labels	Workshops
		More taste with less salt	Workshops
Individual advice	Self-efficacy	Rethink food choice alternatives with less salt	Traffic light: foods with lower salt content	Motivation, Barriers, Focus points/goal setting
Individual advice	Self-efficacy	Promote keyhole, nutrition declarations	Traffic light: foods with lower salt content	Motivation, Barriers, Focus points/goal setting
Two follow-up calls	Re-enforcement	Encouragement		Follow-up calls
Two follow-up calls	Re-enforcement	Guidance		Motivation, Barriers, focus points
Weekly motivation e-mails	Re-enforcement	Information, recipes