First New York City took on trans fats, then it got restaurants to post calories on menus. Now, the Big Apple’s Health Department is fighting salt. It wants food manufacturers and restaurant chains across the country to cut the amount of salt in their products – the goal is to reduce the amount of salt in packaged and restaurant food by 25 percent over the next five years. Go New York! Check out the saltiest meals in America here.
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News Nugget: New York City takes on salt
Published January 12th, 2010
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I’m impressed! New York has a way of getting things done. I’m sure this campaign will be another success.
I hope it works – there’s way too much sodium everywhere.
[...] 2010 Posted by FatFighter in Food & Nutrition, New Research, News Nuggets Just days after New York City asks food companies and restaurants to lower the salt in their products, a new report finds cutting the amount of salt we have by three grams a day [...]