February 21, 2008

Lowering Soft Drink Consumption By Reducing Kids' Salt Intake May Cut Obesity

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Children who eat less salt drink fewer sugar-sweetened soft drinks and may significantly lower their risks for obesity, elevated blood pressure and later-in-life heart attack and stroke, researchers reported in the print and online issue of Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.Previous studies have shown that dietary salt intake increases fluid consumption in adults. But researchers at St.

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