STEPwise Survey for Non Communicable Diseases Risk Factor 2019
St. Lucia, 2019 - 2020
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Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 2 | |
| Abstain From snacks etc with high sodium content | |
| Add less salt to food | |
| Adds a pinch of salt to food when cooking every time | |
| Adds little salt to her food to prevent pressure | |
| Adds very little salt when cooking | |
| Anything with a lot of salt I would pre boil it | |
| Avoid adding salt before I eat | |
| Avoid adding salt or sodium alternatives to cooked pro prepared meals at the table | |
| Avoid adding salt to every dish prepared | |
| Avoid eating high salt foods | |
| Avoid it by eating fruits | |
| Avoid processed foods, avoid fast foods | |
| Avoid salt depending on the natural flavour of the food being prepared, like if cooking sweet potato or ripe plantain. | |
| Avoid salt on SALADS when I have dressing | |
| Avoid using salt | |
| By not adding slat when cooking meals | |
| By not using lots of salt | |
| By using very little salt | |
| COOK WITHOUT SALT SOMETIMES | |
| CUT AMOUNT OF SALT | |
| CUT SALT intake in some FOODS e.g. vegetables | |
| CUT THE AMOUNT OF SALT WHEN COOKING GROUND PROVISION..NONE AT ALL. | |
| Change my salt | |
| Change water when cooking | |
| Conscious of what I eat | |
| Consume less salt intake | |
| Consume less salt when cooking | |
| Consume lots of water | |
| Consume more water | |
| Consume water more water | |
| Consumes large amount of water | |
| Consumes large amounts of water | |
| Control the amount of salt I use when cooking | |
| Control the amount of salt used in cooking | |
| Control what I eat,drink plenty of water | |
| Cook at home with less salt | |
| Cook certain foods without salt. | |
| Cook his own food | |
| Cook some foods without putting salt | |
| Cook some foods without salt | |
| Cook vegetables without added salt | |
| Cook with less salt | |
| Cook with no salt | |
| Cook with out salt | |
| Cook with very little salt | |
| Cook without salt | |
| Cook without salt and drink plenty of water | |
| Cook without salt sometimes | |
| Cook without slat and use natural seasonings | |
| Cooks vegetables without salt, blend their own local seasonings, not much salt is added to food because of hypertension and diabetes in the family. | |
| DO NOT PUT SALT IN GROUNDS PROVISION | |
| DO NOT USE SALT ON SALAD | |
| DO NOT USE SALT ON SALADS | |
| DON'T BUY SALT | |
| DON'T PUT SALT IN SALAD | |
| DON'T USE SALT | |
| DON'T USE SALT Most of the Times | |
| DRINK LOTS OF WATER AFTER EATING ANY SALTY FOODS | |
| DRINK LOTS OF WATER | |
| DRINK MORE WATER | |
| DRINK PLENTY OF WATER | |
| DRINK lots of water | |
| Decrease amount used | |
| Decrease in the amount of salt used | |
| Decrease of salt use | |
| Decrease salt in take | |
| Decrease salt intake | |
| Decrease the amount of salt intake | |
| Depends on what I cook I don't use salt | |
| Diet control | |
| Do a lot of exercise | |
| Do most of my cooking my self | |
| Do most of my own cooking | |
| Do not add extra salt to food | |
| Do not eat at night | |
| Do not use dips or dressings with too much salt | |
| Do not use it often | |
| Do not use salt | |
| Do not use too much salt when cooking and not buy processed foods | |
| Don't add much salt food | |
| Don't always use salt | |
| Don't buy seasonings with salt | |
| Don't cook everyday with salt | |
| Don't cook with salt | |
| Don't do some regular salt | |
| Don't eat meat, only a little fish and beans | |
| Don't eat out | |
| Don't ever ADD more salt to foods | |
| Don't put salt in all cooking pots | |
| Don't use certain seasonings | |
| Don't use it at all | |
| Don't use much salt | |
| Don't use much salt | |
| Don't use salt | |
| Don't use salt because of overactive thyroid | |
| Don't use salt on everything that is eaten | |
| Don't use salt sometimes | |
| Don't use salt when not needed | |
| Don't use salty meat | |
| Dont eat salty foods | |
| Drink a lot of water | |
| Drink A lot of water | |
| Drink a lot if water | |
| Drink a lot of coconut water | |
| Drink a lot of water | |
| Drink a lot of water and excercize | |
| Drink a lot of water use local fruits | |
| Drink alot of water | |
| Drink citrus in hot water | |
| Drink coconut water | |
| Drink lemon in water,lots of teas | |
| Drink lots of fluid | |
| Drink lots of water | |
| Drink lots of water and exercise | |
| Drink lots of water, add very little salt to food when cooking | |
| Drink more water | |
| Drink more water & coconut water | |
| Drink more water and red contents on labels | |
| Drink plenty of water | |
| Drink plenty of water, exercise | |
| Drink plenty water | |
| Drink plenty water and cooling | |
| Drink water | |
| Drink water after | |
| Drinking plenty water | |
| Drinking LOTS of water | |
| Drinking a lot of water | |
| Drinking a lot of water and eating more fruits | |
| Drinking a lot of water. | |
| Drinking lots if water | |
| Drinking lots of water | |
| Drinking more water in hopes of flushing out system. | |
| Drinking more water. | |
| Drinking plenty of fluids | |
| Drinking plenty of water | |
| Drinking plenty of water and exercising | |
| Drinking plenty water | |
| Drinking plenty water, exercise | |
| Drinking plenty water, use less salt | |
| Drinking water | |
| Drinks A LOT of water | |
| Drinks a Lot of water | |
| Drinks a lot of water | |
| Drinks large quantities of water | |
| EXCERSISE OFTEN | |
| Eat healthy | |
| Eat little salt | |
| Eat lots of fruits, veggies and water | |
| Eat low salt alternatives | |
| Eat out less, Exercise, drink lots of water | |
| Eat vegetables and salads without salt | |
| Eat vegetables without salt | |
| Eat without salt | |
| Eat without salt, and cook with local seasonings | |
| Eating healthier | |
| Eating no salty foods | |
| Eating salads rather than full meals outside home. | |
| Eats more fruits and vegetables than average. | |
| Exercise | |
| Exercise 4 times. 2 litters a day | |
| Exercise and keto diet | |
| Exercise and not using salt often | |
| Exercise, farming , sweating | |
| Exercises | |
| Exercising | |
| Exercising Ask plenty questions about what's been prepared | |
| Exercising daily, she uses Bragg Liquid which is an alternative to soy sauce, monitor her body because the family has a history of hypertension | |
| Exercising, plenty water, | |
| Fasting | |
| Forget about a product with high sodium content | |
| Hardly use salt , | |
| Have fruit bowl instead of food when I go out. | |
| He drinks plenty water, and cooks his own food, don't eat out | |
| He uses very little salt | |
| Herbal teas | |
| I DO NOT ADD any more salt after food is cooked | |
| I DO NOT PUT SALT IN MY SALAD | |
| I DONT ADD SALT TO EVERYTHING I COOK SUCH AS VEGETABLES | |
| I cook myself to reduce salt | |
| I cut out on chips and peanuts | |
| I don't add salt to my food at all times | |
| I don't consume food and replace it with fruits | |
| I don't use salt when cooking | |
| I don't use too much salt when cooking | |
| I drink lots of water | |
| I drink plenty of water | |
| I limit the use | |
| I mostly add salt when preparing family meals. | |
| I use butter instead of salt | |
| I use ketchup instead of salt | |
| I use less salt now, I eat and prepare foods for my family with less salt and added more fruits and to the diet | |
| I use local seasonings | |
| If I put salt in the rice I do e add to the meat | |
| Increased fruit and vegetable intake to add water to diet | |
| Increased water consumption | |
| Increased water intake | |
| Interviewee don't use salt or salt alternative | |
| Just a pinch of salt is added to her foods in times when she adds salt to the food at times | |
| Just eat without salt | |
| Just use a pinch of salt. | |
| Keep away from salad dressing | |
| LIMIT MY SALT INTAKE | |
| LOTS OF EXERCISE WHICH CAUSE SWEATING | |
| Less salt intake | |
| Less salt intake | |
| Lime juice | |
| Limit amount of salt drink plenty of water | |
| Limit amount of salt used | |
| Limit consumption of foods high in sodium | |
| Limit consumption of processed foods | |
| Limit consumption of salt | |
| Limit my salt intake | |
| Limit my salt when cooking | |
| Limit salt intake | |
| Limit the amount of salt in my foods | |
| Limit the amount used ,and use sea salt instead . | |
| Limit the salty food | |
| Lots of water | |
| MINIMIZE THE USE OF CANNED FOODS | |
| Measure my salt with a spoon when cooking | |
| Measure the amount of salt I eat | |
| Measuring | |
| Measuring salt quantity | |
| Monitors salt content in food continuously. | |
| NO SALT IN SALADS | |
| NO SALT ON SALADS | |
| NO SALT ON SALADS AND VEGETABLES | |
| NO SALT ON SALADS AND vegetables | |
| NO SALT ON salads | |
| NO salt on vegetables and salads | |
| NONE | |
| No | |
| No other | |
| No salt | |
| No salt is added to the food when cooking because his mother is hypertensive and he is accustomed to the preparations. | |
| No salt when cooking certain food.wg green figs | |
| No salty foods | |
| None | |
| Not adding too much salt to my food. | |
| Not eat foods with salt | |
| Not use salt sometimes | |
| Not using plenty salt | |
| Not using much in food | |
| Not using salt | |
| Not using salt sometimes when cooking | |
| Not using too much | |
| Not using too much salt | |
| Only use salt in stew and not other goods | |
| PREPARE OWN MEALS | |
| PUT LESS SALT WHEN COOKING. | |
| Patient is diabetic so adds a pinch of salt to her food | |
| Pay attention to what I eat | |
| Places very little salt when preparing food | |
| Plenty of water | |
| Plenty water | |
| Plenty water.local season | |
| Prepare food from home | |
| Prepare my own meals as much as possible | |
| Prepare my own seasoning | |
| Purge | |
| Putting ketchup instead of salt | |
| Recook food if I find its salty | |
| Reduce adding salt to meal prep | |
| Reduce amount used | |
| Reduce in cooking | |
| Reduce on the amount of salt used whist cooking | |
| Refuse high salt foods | |
| Refuse to use salt on Occassions | |
| Regular exercise & drinking lots of water | |
| Respondent cooks with more local seasonings than salt and has a diet keen to consuming fish | |
| Respondent is hypertensive and sometimes add salt to her food, when she does use salt is very little and she uses bohio. | |
| Respondent puts very little salt in her foods, has her home garden and makes her own blended seasonings than purchase high salt ingredients to give her food taste | |
| Respondent uses sea salt only and it is added only when meat is prepared but not in her foods because she has elevations at tomes with her pressure | |
| SALADS without salt | |
| SALADS without salt | |
| Salt is only added to his meats and not his foods because he has been hypertensive from birth | |
| Salt is placed only in meats because his wife his hypertensive | |
| She adds salts to her meats and not her foods | |
| She doesn't use salt except sprinkle boohoo Adobe criollo onto her foods after it is being prepared because her family has history of hypertension | |
| She don't add salt to all her food when preparing it | |
| So in cases such as the processed foods like ramen,respondent limits the seasoning or salt content in the packet. | |
| Some foods I don't use salt | |
| Sometime soon without salt altogther | |
| Sometimes I don't take in any | |
| Sometimes I don't use any in food | |
| Sometimes I don't use salt at all when cooking | |
| Sometimes cook food without any salt | |
| Sometimes cook food without salt | |
| Sometimes cook without salt | |
| Sometimes eating foods without adding salt | |
| Sometimes using sea salt | |
| Stay away from processed foods | |
| Stay away from salty foods | |
| Steam ground provisions instead of adding salt. | |
| Stick to a standard amount of salt | |
| Stop eating salty Snacks, small portions of can foods | |
| Substitute for ketchup | |
| TRY TO COOK MY HOME MEALS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE | |
| Take close attention by not putting salt | |
| Take very little | |
| To avoid salt, I use spices | |
| To drink a lot of water | |
| Try my best not to use too much | |
| Try not to use anything with salt | |
| Try not to use salt sometimes | |
| Try to eat food with low salt content | |
| Try to eat less of the salted stuff | |
| Try to eat mainly home cooked meals | |
| Try to stay away from salty stuff | |
| Try to take no salt | |
| Try to use just the right amount | |
| Try to use less salt when cooking. | |
| Try using less salt | |
| Trying to eat less salt | |
| Trying to use less salt | |
| USE LESS SALT WHEN SEASONING MEATS AND FISH | |
| USE LESS SALT WHEN COOKING | |
| USE LESS SALT WHEN PREPARING FOOD | |
| USE LESS SALT in my COOKING | |
| Use Sara salt which is less salty than other salts and try not using cube and other high salt ingredients because he has the tendency to get hypertensive when using them | |
| Use a little salt whilst cooking | |
| Use alternative like seasoning instead of salt | |
| Use cubes instead of fast | |
| Use foods low In Salt | |
| Use fresh herbs | |
| Use less | |
| Use less salt | |
| Use less of the cubes | |
| Use less process foods | |
| Use less salt | |
| Use less salt in food | |
| Use less salt in my cooking | |
| Use less salt water home | |
| Use less salt when cooking | |
| Use little or no salt | |
| Use little or no salt at all | |
| Use little salt | |
| Use little salt when cooking food | |
| Use little to no salt | |
| Use local seasoning | |
| Use local seasonings | |
| Use low sodium seasonings or none at all, no processed foods | |
| Use more local products | |
| Use natural herbs | |
| Use no salt at all | |
| Use no salt in food e.g banana but add salt in the fish sauce | |
| Use no salt when using dressings on salads | |
| Use one lot when cooking to minimize the amount of salt in each dish | |
| Use replacement seasonings like misses Dash | |
| Use salt or vinegret with little salt | |
| Use salt sparingly,use herbs | |
| Use sea salt ,sweat alot. | |
| Use sea salt and don't use packed seasonings | |
| Use spices instead of salt | |
| Use the healthier salt like sea salt and himalayan salt | |
| Use unsalted products | |
| Use very little | |
| Use very little or no salt | |
| Use very little salt | |
| Use very little salt as much as possible | |
| Use very little salt or no salt sometimes | |
| Use very little salt when cooking | |
| Using less salt | |
| Using less salt in food | |
| Using less salt when cooking | |
| Using little salt | |
| Using no salt | |
| Using sea salt | |
| Using things with no salt | |
| Using very little salt | |
| VERY LITTLE ON SALADS AND VEGETABLES | |
| Walk alot | |
| Watch salt intake | |
| Watch what I eat | |
| Watch what she eats | |
| Watches what he eats | |
| Water and exercise | |
| Water intake | |
| When I cook I don't use salt but when my wife cooks she use salt | |
| Wil not season foods with salt | |
| Work out | |
| Workout | |
| Would use substitute like curry or hicken seasoning instead of salt | |
| YOU READ ABOUT FOOD I BUY. No canned food. GROW MY OWN VEGETABLES. | |
| only a pinch of salt is added to his food when cooking |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.