1. What data in particular will be shared?
   Response - Individual participant data that underlie the results reported in this article, after de-identification (text, tables, figures, and appendices).
   


2. What additional supporting information will be shared?
   Response - Clinical Study Report
   
   
3. Who will be able to view these files?
   Response - Researchers who provide a methodologically sound proposal.
   


4. For what types of analyses will this data be available?
   Response - To achieve aims in the approved proposal.
   


5. By what mechanism will data be made available?
   Response (Others) -  written requesty by email


6. For how long will this data be available start date provided 02-11-2025 and end date provided 02-11-2028?
   Response - Beginning 9 months and ending 36 months following article publication.
   


7. Any URL or additional information regarding plan/policy for sharing IPD? 
   Additional Information - NIL

This study aims to develop a Healthful Salt Measure Spoon as an intervention to reduce dietary salt intake while maintaining taste. It also aims to establish empirical values for salt reduction that ensure taste perception remains within acceptable limits. This salt reduction spoon will be given to the homemaker of the family. She will be told regarding the recommended daily salt intake for her family and provided with a spoon to measure the correct amount of salt each day. The measured salt for the total family using the salt healthful salt spoon will be kept in a jar and used exclusively for cooking for the day, with any leftover salt discarded at the end of the day. Next day again she will fill the jar and use the amount of salt for that day. At regular intervals (2 weeks, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks, 10 weeks and 12 weeks) she will be told to further reduce the amount of salt. She will accordingly measure the salt using the provides spoon and transfer to jar so that that amount can be used for the family for the day. We will also assess the acceptability of the Salt Measure Spoon and its influence on knowledge and attitudes regarding high-salt food consumption. A prospective before-after study design will be employed over 18 months, enrolling 122 individuals from the general population in the field practice area of the Community Medicine department, GMCH, Chandigarh. The primary outcome measure is the change in mean salt intake, estimated through urinary sodium excretion before and after the intervention (every fortnight urine will be tested and slat estriamtion done so as top know how much salt recution in diet is there.  This research will provide valuable insights into effective, acceptable strategies for salt reduction and their impact on dietary behavior.