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"Funding: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: MT’s PhD studentship is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Global Health Research Unit Action on Salt China (ASC) at Queen Mary University of London, which was commissioned by the NIHR using Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding (16/136/77). FJH and GAM are partially funded by the NIHR grant. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the National Health Service, the NIHR or the Department of Health."