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"low-sodium diet", "purpose": "Enable an agent to recognise a low-sodium dietary pattern, assess its implementation against a stated sodium target, and identify decisions requiring individual clinical context.", "definition": "A low-sodium diet is an eating pattern that limits total dietary sodium intake, commonly to help lower blood pressure or manage conditions associated with sodium and fluid retention.", "scope_statement": "This model owns a dietary pattern organised around limiting total sodium intake, including its target, food-selection practices, intake evidence and review conditions; it does not treat the diet as a chemical substance or prescribe a universal sodium limit.", "in_scope": [ "The sodium target, its time basis, origin and intended application", "Sodium contributed by foods, drinks, cooking ingredients and table additions", "Food selection, preparation, portioning and substitutions used to implement the target", "Evidence of intake and the uncertainty of sodium 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"name": "Estimated sodium intake", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mg sodium per stated interval, with coverage and uncertainty", "why_it_matters": "Supports comparison with the target while preserving gaps in the intake record." }, { "name": "Baseline sodium intake", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mg sodium per stated interval over an identified baseline period", "why_it_matters": "Makes a claimed reduction interpretable." }, { "name": "Sodium contribution by source", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "mg sodium and percentage of estimated total by food, drink or added ingredient", "why_it_matters": "Identifies which practical changes could most affect total intake." }, { "name": "Implementation status", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "planned | being implemented | under review | paused | discontinued", "why_it_matters": "Separates the intended diet from evidence that it is currently being followed." }, { "name": "Observed target attainment", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "within target | above target | variable | insufficient evidence", "why_it_matters": "Prevents missing records from being interpreted as successful adherence." }, { "name": "Salt-substitute use", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "identified product, ingredient composition, quantity and review status", "why_it_matters": "Substitutes change the nutrient composition of the diet and may require individual suitability review." }, { "name": "Concurrent dietary constraints", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "links to relevant nutrient targets, allergies, food-access constraints and clinical instructions", "why_it_matters": "A sodium-reduction action must remain compatible with the rest of the person's dietary requirements." } ], "affordances": [ "Translate a documented sodium target into a meal plan using explicit portions and sodium estimates.", "Compare estimated intake with the target and report uncertainty or missing coverage.", "Identify the largest recorded sodium contributors and propose feasible substitutions.", "Check serving-size, sodium-versus-salt and recipe-yield assumptions before combining intake data.", "Flag proposed changes that conflict with other dietary requirements or require clinical review.", "Track implementation, acceptability and target attainment over a stated review period." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Explain what a low-sodium diet is and why it is commonly recommended, citing health authorities.", "Read and report sodium or salt content from food labels.", "Suggest that a person discuss their sodium target with a doctor or dietitian." ], "must_not": [ "Set a specific sodium limit for a person's medical condition in place of a clinician.", "Tell a person to stop or change prescribed medicines because of their diet.", "Present a food as low-sodium when its label or recipe does not support that.", "Shame people for their diet or their culture's cooking." ], "requires_human": [ "Planning meals for a patient with heart failure, kidney disease or another condition needing a prescribed sodium target." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Diet advice affects health; wrong advice can harm people with heart or kidney disease.", "Sodium limits can make culturally important foods hard to eat; advice should respect that." ], "affected_parties": [ "Patients on restricted diets", "Older people", "Carers who prepare meals" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "The person following it, usually with their clinician or dietitian; health authorities publish guidance.", "master_systems": [] }, "visual_identification": [ "Food labels marked low-sodium, reduced-salt or no added salt.", "Meals seasoned with herbs, lemon or spices in place of salt." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Low blood sodium in people who also take certain medicines or drink large amounts of water.", "Unnoticed sodium in processed foods undermining the diet.", "Poor adherence when food becomes unappealing." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "A low-sodium diet is encountered in clinical nutrition and everyday meal planning to limit total sodium intake.", "It is commonly used in managing high blood pressure and conditions involving fluid retention.", "Assessment depends on a stated individual target and sodium from all foods, drinks and added ingredients." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, issued by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, regulates low-sodium and related nutrition claims on foods rather than prescribing an individual's dietary target.", "Title 21 CFR 101.61, issued by the United States Food and Drug Administration, defines sodium content claims for foods within its jurisdiction." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q2068354: low-sodium diet", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2068354", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Low sodium diet", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_sodium_diet", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "sodium-target-and-boundary", "name": "Sodium target and dietary boundary", "description": "Defines what restriction means for this instance of the diet and what intake it covers.", "rationale": "The name low-sodium diet does not supply a sufficiently precise target or assessment rule.", "layers": [ { "id": "target-definition", "name": "Target definition", "description": "Captures the quantitative objective and its authority.", "findings": [ { "id": "explicit-sodium-objective", "name": "Explicit sodium objective", "description": "Record the intended sodium limit or reduction without filling in an unsupported default.", "questions": [ { "text": "What sodium limit or reduction is intended, over what interval, and with what averaging rule?", "kind": "definition", "id": "explicit-sodium-objective-q01" }, { "text": "Who or what established this target, when, and for which person or population?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "explicit-sodium-objective-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "covered-intake", "name": "Covered intake", "description": "Defines the intake sources and neighbouring restrictions included in assessment.", "findings": [ { "id": "whole-diet-sodium-boundary", "name": "Whole-diet sodium boundary", "description": "Make the coverage of foods, drinks and added ingredients explicit, and identify any separately tracked sodium sources.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the intake record cover drinks, condiments, cooking salt and table salt as well as meals and snacks?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "whole-diet-sodium-boundary-q01" }, { "text": "How are sodium from supplements or medicines and any separate fluid restriction handled in the governing plan?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "whole-diet-sodium-boundary-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": 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"description": "Record what replaces salt, how much is used and whether individual suitability has been established.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the substitute's sodium, potassium and other relevant ingredient amounts at the intended quantity?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "substitute-composition-and-suitability-q01" }, { "text": "Does the person's documented health and medication context require professional review before this substitute is used?", "kind": "action", "id": "substitute-composition-and-suitability-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "adherence-and-review", "name": "Adherence and review", "description": "Tracks whether the diet is implemented, sustainable and due for reassessment.", "rationale": "A planned restriction, observed intake and health response are distinct forms of evidence.", "layers": [ { "id": "implementation-evidence", "name": "Implementation evidence", "description": "Assesses observed practice and barriers to maintaining it.", "findings": [ { "id": 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"evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of low-sodium diet this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "World Health Organization: guideline on sodium intake for adults and children.", "US Food and Drug Administration: rules for sodium nutrient-content claims on food labels; these classify foods rather than prescribe whole diets." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of low-sodium diet this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Prevention 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