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The Swiss eat twice as much salt!

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  • 21 November 2014
  • Fred Paccaud
    • Biologie et de médecine, UNIL
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The WHO has set a limit of 5 grams per person per day. In Switzerland, salt consumption averages 7.8g/day for women and 10.6g/day for men, meaning that 78.4% of women and 94% of men exceed this 5-gram limit.

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