{"id":64021,"date":"2023-03-27T11:14:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T08:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=64021"},"modified":"2023-03-27T11:21:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T08:21:10","slug":"dangers-of-excessive-sodium-intake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/dangers-of-excessive-sodium-intake\/","title":{"rendered":"Dangers of excessive sodium intake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>By Catherine Ageno<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A first-of-its-kind World Health Organization Global report on\u00a0sodium intake reduction\u00a0shows that the world is off-track to achieve its global target of reducing sodium intake by 30% by 2025.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report released last week shows that only 5% of WHO member states are protected by mandatory and comprehensive sodium reduction policies and 73% of them lack full range of implementation of such policies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, unhealthy diets are a leading cause of death and disease globally, and excessive sodium intake is one of the main culprits.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At national level, he says, implementing highly cost-effective sodium reduction policies could save an estimated 7 million lives globally by 2030.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But since the main source of sodium is table salt (sodium chloride), this morning we spoke to a Dietician on how best to regulate its intake at household level.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the report below;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; height: 223px;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/afripods.africa\/embed\/embedplayer\/d89ea729-0e52-4932-9875-b9f98ae83812?dm=0&amp;ci=1&amp;bc=%23f2765d\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Catherine Ageno A first-of-its-kind World Health Organization Global report on\u00a0sodium intake reduction\u00a0shows that the world is off-track to achieve its global target of reducing sodium intake by 30% by 2025. The report released last week shows that only 5% of WHO member states are protected by mandatory and comprehensive sodium reduction policies and 73% of them lack full range of implementation of such policies. According to WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, unhealthy diets are a leading cause of death and disease globally, and excessive sodium intake is one of the main culprits. At national level, he says, implementing highly cost-effective sodium reduction policies could save an estimated 7 million lives globally by 2030. 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