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By Jerril Rechter, VicHealth CEO
The sodium in salt is linked to 1 in 20 deaths in Victoria, risks of high blood pressure and heart failure, stomach cancer and osteoporosis. Yet we consume more than 15,000 tonnes of salt a year.
VicHealth CEO Jerril Rechter speaks about the State of Salt launch and the action plan for reducing salt intake in Victoria.
Dr Jacqui Webster, Centre Director, WHO Collaborating Centre on Population Salt Reduction at The George Institute for Global Health talks about the UK's salt initiative and how Australia can learn to reduce population salt intake.
It might be hard to swallow for the habitual salt grinders among us but the extra salt in our diet is killing us.
New research has revealed the hidden toll that fast food kids’ meals can have on young children’s health. Some meals aimed at kids contain more than an entire day’s maximum recommended salt intake.
They might be plant-based, gluten-free, organic and vegan, but many meat-free alternative products are highly processed and packed with salt, making them more stealthy than healthy.
Limiting sugar might be top of mind for parents when packing school lunchboxes but hidden salt in processed and packaged foods is also putting the health of Aussie kids at risk.
It’s a 900-million-dollar industry taking over our supermarket aisles, but some ready meals contain more than an entire day’s worth of salt in a single serve and according to new research published today, they’re getting saltier.
As we prepare to celebrate the end of 2017 and ring in the New Year, VicHealth has put together some handy tips to help Victorians improve their health and wellbeing in 2018.
This Christmas, partygoers might think they’re eating healthily when they reach for crackers and dip. But new research released today shows that some dips are saltier than seawater, and several cracker-dip combinations deliver more than half a day’s worth of salt in just one serve.