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News from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene: Health Department Announces Proposed Targets for Voluntary Salt Reduction in Packaged and Restaurant Foods
Benchmarks for different food categories reflect months of consultation between health experts and industry leaders. Partnership led by New York City could have national impact over next five years. The National Salt Reduction Initiative, a New York City-led partnership of cities, states and national health organizations, unveiled its proposed targets to guide a voluntary reduction of salt levels in packaged and restaurant foods. Americans consume roughly twice the recommended limit of salt each day – causing widespread high blood pressure and placing millions at risk of heart attack and stroke – in ways that they cannot control on their own. Only 11% of the sodium...
Read MoreInterview with Regina Meno, Nutrition/Program Educator Cornell Cooperative Extension in Hamden, NY
What prompted you to be an advocate and champion of children’s health? I have always been interested in health and fitness. Growing up I was extremely active. Having studied nutrition in college, and after having four children of my own, I realized the importance of proper nutrition from day one. The childhood obesity epidemic has been my primary focus for the past several years. When did you adopt the CATCH Program and what prompted you to do so? In Sidney we adopted CATCH in August of 2008. In Charlotte-Valley we did so in September of 2009. Through the grant I am working on called, Eat Well Play Hard, New York State has recognized the overwhelming number of...
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