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Center for Science in the Public Interest: FDA Urged to Reduce Americans' Sodium Consumption by Setting 10-Year Reduction Targets in Food
April 07, 2023
WASHINGTON, April 7 (TNSgov) -- The Center for Science in the Public Interest issued the following news release on April 6, 2023:

Americans are consuming about 50 percent more sodium than government guidelines recommend, putting them at increased risk of hypertension, heart attacks, and stroke. Having set short-term limits, the Food and Drug Administration could help further by setting and finalizing longer term voluntary sodium reduction targets for different categories of foods, a . . .

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