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Some milks served in schools exceed salt, sugar recommendations

SodiumDecember 12, 2022
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Toolkit: Nutrient warnings

This toolkit is intended to support advocates who want to lead campaigns calling for state and local nutrient warnings on restaurant menus. We outline how nutrient warnings can be used to reduce the purchases of unhealthy foods and drinks, encourage reformulation, and build stronger, healthier, more resilient communities that are better prepared to withstand future public health challenges.

Food Labeling
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Biden administration national strategy endorses front-of-package labeling, healthy school meals for all

The National Strategy, released in advance of Wednesday’s White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, represents a significant step forward in the nation’s ongoing battle against food insecurity and diet-related disease. CSPI is thrilled to see several of our highest priorities, encapsulated in our July 15 letter to President Biden, included in the Strategy.

Government AccountabilitySeptember 27, 2022Peter Lurie, MD, MPH
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The salty truth about sodium

While some sodium is necessary in the diet, eating higher levels of sodium can increase the risk of hypertension, heart disease and stroke.

Sodium
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Nutrient warnings

In this factsheet, we review relevant, scientific literature on nutrient warnings for a science and policy audience. Overall, evidence from randomized controlled trials and real-world studies suggests that nutrient warnings can increase consumers’ understanding of the healthfulness of foods and have the potential to play a role in reducing purchases of foods and drinks high in calories, sodium, and added sugars. To maximize public health impact, policymakers should design nutrient warnings to be simple, highly visible, and convey information with shapes, icons, and other imagery in addition to text.

Sodium
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School food nutrition standards are achievable, report finds

The majority of K-12 school food products sold by the largest foodservice companies meet key federal nutrition standards and could meet new goals that further support children’s health, according to a new report from the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

SodiumNovember 14, 2021
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FDA issues voluntary sodium reduction targets for food industry

Excess sodium in the diet, particularly from packaged and restaurant foods that account for over 70 percent of sodium intake, raises blood pressure, increases risk of cardiovascular disease, and can lead to tens of thousands of early deaths and billions of dollars in health care costs per year.

SodiumOctober 13, 2021
National Academy of Medicine Report Confirms Advice to Eat Less Salt

National Academy of Medicine report confirms advice to eat less salt

Healthy EatingAugust 12, 2021

Salt

Salt, at the levels present in the diets of most people around the world, is probably the single most harmful substance in the food supply.

Food SafetyJanuary 4, 2021
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Sea salt

Although a majority of people surveyed by the American Heart Association believed sea salt was a lower-sodium alternative to table salt, sea salt has just as much sodium as table salt. 

Food SafetyJanuary 4, 2021
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