Title: Behavior of Female Household Heads towards Salt in Food Preparation and
Recommended Levels in Brgy. 1 Nasugbu, Batangas
I. Introduction
An estimated 2.5 million deaths could be
prevented each year if global salt
consumption were reduced to the
recommended level.
-WHO (2016)
People around the world are consuming
more energy-dense foods that are high in
saturated fats, trans-fats, sugars, and salt. At
the same time, as their eating patterns shift,
people are consuming less fruit vegetables
and dietary fibre (such as whole grains), that
are key components of a healthy diet.
Salt in the diet can come from processed
foods, either because they are particularly
high in salt or because they are consumed
frequently in large amounts. Salt is also
added to food during cooking. Salt is used as
a seasoning to enhance the taste of food. It
makes bland foods such as carbohydrates
palatable and it helps to bring out the natural
flavours in other foods. Salt is an important
natural preservative and has been used for
centuries to preserve meat, fish, dairy
products and many other foods. Long before
the invention of refrigerators slating, like
pickling, was used to keep food safe to eat.
On the other hand, in the Philippines, salt
consumption then has a lower rate than their
current state. Due to this Republic Act No.
8172 was implemented or also known as
ASIN Law. Under this law President Fidel V.
Ramos, aims to promote the use of iodized
salt to address the lack of micronutrients in
the country.
Recognizing the impact of iodine
fortification in the country, the ASIN Law
was supplemented by RA 8976 or the
Philippine Food Fortification Act of 2000. It
was signed into law by Former President
Joseph Ejercito Estrada on November 2,
2000. RA 8976 provided the policy on
mandatory fortification of staple foods and
voluntary fortification of processed foods or
food products.
However, after 20 years since first
implemented, Dr. Amelia C Medina of the
Department of Health-National Capital
Region Disease Prevention and Control
believes that is now the time for stakeholders
to assess the program and point out the
challenges it faces. Dr. Amelia C Medina
emphasizes that,
“We should all work together to eliminate
it by pushing for strict compliance with
law and ensuring that all households use
adequately-iodized salt,”
Through the assessment, stakeholders
proven, that rate of salt consumption has been
too much than what they expected
Additionally, Jodesz Gavilan (2016) stated
that, 79% of all Filipino households are
aware of iodized salt. However, only 41%
said that they use it. So, basically in this
article, it shows that even though Filipinos
have sufficient knowledge and ideas towards
salt, they tend to ignore the proper use of
salt. And due to their intolerable response
and negligence _______
Meanwhile in the provincial level,
awareness on iodized salt is high at around
92 percent however national average of
usage is only 59.3 percent.
 The cases above are quite alarming, yet
people seems like they don’t care at all. And
people from Nasugbu, Batangas is one of that
79% that are aware but neglect it.
Researchers noticed that the amount of salt in
a meal, specifically from the eatery in
Nasugbu, Batangas (dadagdagan pa to)
This has caused the researchers from
Batangas State University ARASOF-
Nasugbu to further study the behavior of
female household heads towards salt in food
preparation and recommended levels in brgy.
1 Nasugbu, Batangas
This study focused mainly in the behaviour of
female household heads towards salt in food
preparation and recommended levels in brgy.
1 Nasugbu, Batangas. This research study
was conducted during academic year 2018-
2019 and the respondents were randomly
selected female household heads in
Poblacion1 Nasugbu, Batangas.

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