Salt ‘could fuel child obesity’
January 21, 2008
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Salt-rich diets could be the key to why some children battle with obesity, University of London researchers say.
In a study of data on 1,600 children, they found that children eating a salty diet tended to drink more, including more fattening, sugary soft drinks.
They reported in journal Hypertension that halving the average daily salt intake of six grams a day could cut 250 calories a week from a child’s diet.
They called for further work by the food industry on reducing salt content.
