Sentences with phrase «average daily sodium»
These values are derived from twenty - four - hour urinary sodium excretion measurements in studies involving over one hundred thousand participants.4 Cordain implies that sodium intake in «non-westernized people» is far lower than in the US, but in fact the average daily sodium intake in Asia, Africa and the Middle East is about 50 percent higher than the 3.4 grams per day in the U.S. and Canada.24, 25
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In sharp contrast to the sodium intakes in «non-westernized people worldwide» cited by Denton, surveys have found that the average daily sodium intakes are considerably higher: 5.3 grams in Asia, 4.9 grams in Africa and 4.6 grams in the Middle East.
«The additional sodium is even more worrisome because the average daily sodium intake among Americans is already so far above the recommended upper limit, posing a significant public health concern, such as hypertension and heart disease,» he said.
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The average New Yorker consumes 40 percent more sodium than the recommended daily allowance, according to the health department.
Looking at 15 Kids LiveWell participating chains, researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that the average restaurant kid's meal in 2015 still contained twice the calories recommended for small children and more than 60 percent of their recommended daily allotment of sodium.
The high sodium level was comparable to the average daily intake in a typical American diet.
The average person in the U.S. consumes about 3,400 milligrams of sodium daily, more than twice the American Heart Association's recommended limit of 1,500 milligrams a day.
Sodium in natural foods accounts for around 10 percent of the average American daily intake, according to the United States Food and Drug Administration.
The American Heart Association urges the average American to eat less than 2,300 mg of sodium daily, but also notes that older people, blacks and people with high blood pressure need to go even lower — to under 1,500 mg per day.