Parents worried about salt content in food that children consume, reports the BBC. Experts conducted a survey of 2000 respondents that less-fifth of the parents knew, found that sugary foods, the salt content may be higher than usual in the salty snacks. Activists are calling for a healthy diet to reduce by more informative labeling parents salt intake in children's diet. The experts from the Association of Food Standards believes that a high intake of salt in children may worsen diseases such as osteoporosis, hypertension and asthma. Adult daily intake of salt is 6 grams, the dose for children. 1 g of sodium corresponding to 2.5 g of salt - an important comparison, as part of a product marked sodium. According to Professor Wiseman, salt is bad for health and spoil the taste of the food but also because of the use of salt in food manufacturing companies food on the table, we have a very large number.
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