Trends in Excess Dietary Sodium Intake - United States, 2003-2010

 

A new CDC study takes an in-depth look at overall sodium consumption in the United States over the past decade. 

 

The study found very little has changed:

• Most of us are eating way too much salt.
• Researchers say about eight in 10 preschool children and more than nine of 10 older children and adults consume too much sodium in their diets.
• Excess sodium is a major contributor to heart disease and stroke, two of the nation's leading causes of death.
•  Most of the sodium in the American diet is already added to processed and restaurant foods, rather than from the salt shaker.
• The study suggests sodium reduction is a major public health priority.
• Other research indicates even moderate reductions in sodium intake could save lives.

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