Vital Signs: Sodium Intake Among U.S. School-Aged Children — 2009–2010

Vital Signs: Sodium Intake Among U.S. School-Aged Children — 2009–2010

MMWR Early Release Vol. 63, Early Release September 9, 2014

PDFVital Signs: Sodium Intake Among U.S. School-Aged Children — 2009–2010  Mary E. Cogswell, DrPH, Keming Yuan MS, Janelle P. Gunn, MPH, et al. MMWR 2014;63(Early Release);1–9.  A national health objective in the United States is to reduce average sodium intake to 2,300 mg daily. To help identify common contributors to sodium intake among children, sodium intake habits were estimated among 2,266 school-aged (6–18 years) participants in What We Eat in America, the dietary intake component of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009–2010.