Salt

Children’s menu items at popular restaurant chains across Canada contain dangerously high amounts of sodium – in many cases, enough to raise a child’s risk of developing high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease and other serious health problems.

It’s a troubling reality that is fuelling anger and frustration among a rising number of physicians, scientists and health advocates who have been urging the federal government to take action to prevent food companies from adding excessive amounts of salt to their products at the consumer’s peril.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/special-reports/hard-to-shake/on-the-childrens-menu-dangerous-levels-of-salt/article1294882/