This article speaks of the New York City Heatlh Department and the National Salt Reduction Intiative(NSIR) reducing the sodium intake for consumers of restaurants and packaged foods. New york in particular is hoping to take these changes into effect soon. I feel this article is very impotant as far as helping with the obesity rate, high blood pressure and stroke. Our food contains 80% sodium and with more than 800,000 deaths from stroke alone this is definitely a step in the right direction. My family has a history of high blood pressure and we all love fast food. This could help make the unheathiness aspect a little less severe. It would be nice if the nation took the initiative to include themselves in this cause. The five year plan hopes to reduce sodium intake by 20%.
http://www.qsrweb.com/article.php?id=16964&na=1&s=2
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I think that NYC healt taking the initiative to reduce sodium in foods is great. But I feel like this is only 1/4 of the overall problem. The biggest problem is that we dont take accountability for what goes iuto our mouths any more, we blame something else. I feel like the idea of moderation is lost on americans as a whole. If we simply learned that eating takeout and fast food 5 days out of the week is going to result in higher rates of HPB and obesity and actually curbed our behavior it would make all the difference.
ReplyDeleteNew York is one of the strictest states in terms of food laws, and it's seems like it is to protect the consumer, but I have to agree with Britnyn this one. people need to be made accountable for their own actions. As far as trends go, a major trend in fast food restarants at the moment is healthier options, so why does the goverment need to intervene when restaurants are following the demands of their consumers already?
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this article I feel that the National Salt Reduction Intiative reducing should happen. Too many people are dying just from obesity, high blood pressure and strokes which all come from too much salt.
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