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Amount of sodium in many restaurant items heightens risk of high blood pressure and other serious problems
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.
This week, two of the country's prominent hypertension experts described sodium as one of the most urgent public health matters facing Canada in an article published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
But it seems the message hasn't gotten through to the restaurant industry.
Many restaurants offer a specialized children's menu, which often contain kid-friendly items such as grilled cheese sandwiches, chicken fingers or French fries, in smaller portions than those offered to adults.
- From Monday's Globe and Mail Last updated on Tuesday, Sep. 22, 2009 08:54PM EDT
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.
This week, two of the country's prominent hypertension experts described sodium as one of the most urgent public health matters facing Canada in an article published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
But it seems the message hasn't gotten through to the restaurant industry.
Many restaurants offer a specialized children's menu, which often contain kid-friendly items such as grilled cheese sandwiches, chicken fingers or French fries, in smaller portions than those offered to adults.
- From Monday's Globe and Mail Last updated on Tuesday, Sep. 22, 2009 08:54PM EDT
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