A new research led by Queen Mary University of London confirmed that salt intake in China is among the highest in the world, with the adults consistently consuming up to 10g of salt a day, which is more than double the recommended limit.
The systematic review and meta-analysis, funded by the National Institute for Health Research and published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, also found that Chinese children aged 3-6 are eating the maximum amount of salt recommended by the World Health Organization for adults (5g a day) while older children eat almost 9g/day.
Excess salt intake raises blood pressure, a major cause of strokes and heart disease, which accounts for approximately 40 per cent of deaths in the Chinese population.
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The trends found in this latest study partially contradict those of earlier studies which found large declines of salt intake across the whole of China. The researchers say these latest results are far more robust than the previous estimates which have relied on surveys of people's dietary habits. The team instead determined salt intake exclusively with the use of data from urine samples taken over a 24 hour period.
I can’t imagine how much their love for salt is if they consume that amount consistently.
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Completely changed the testing method without running the old method in parallel. Sheesh!
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