We were also disappointed that the committee cut the CDC tobacco prevention and control program by $34,000 ($110,000 million below the Senate’s mark). A sodium-related legislative rider that may make it difficult for the CDC to continue to pursue community-based sodium reduction efforts also is cause for concern.
“While the association supports an updated Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) for sodium, prohibiting efforts to lower sodium in Americans’ diets until the update is finished is nothing more than a delay tactic,” said Houser. “There is no reason that efforts to lower sodium cannot move simultaneously with a DRI update. Currently, 90 percent of Americans eat too much sodium, putting them at risk for high blood pressure and heart disease. For that reason and more, holding up these efforts can be detrimental to our nation’s heart health.”
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He added, “The sodium rider in the House bill is a definite minus, and we do not believe the funding for the NIH and the CDC’s tobacco program is sufficient. But on the plus side, we appreciate the investment in the CDC’s Division for Heart Disease and Stroke and the SSAE grants. We urge Congress to include in the final legislation the recommendations that best support the NIH, the CDC and the other valuable programs that help Americans live free of heart disease and stroke.”
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