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Columbia College Chicago Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago Columbia Chronicle College Publications 5-3-2010 Columbia Chronicle (05/03/2010) Columbia College Chicago Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.colum.edu/cadc_chronicle Part of the Journalism Studies Commons This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. Recommended Citation Columbia College Chicago, "Columbia Chronicle (5/3/2010)" (May 3, 2010). Columbia Chronicle, College Publications, College Archives & Special Collections, Columbia College Chicago. http://digitalcommons.colum.edu/cadc_chronicle/788 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the College Publications at Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago. It has been accepted for inclusion in Columbia Chronicle by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago. Summer students need more accommodating transportation options x PAGE 28 Youth Programs Aim to THE COLUMBIA Combat Chicago Violence hronicle WEB-EXCLUSIVE VIDEO c ON ColumbiaChronicle.com The Official News Source of Columbia College Chicago May 3, 2010 Volume 45 Number 29 THEWEB Hold the Salt Call to federally regulate sodium added to processed foods by Ivana Susic Assistant Health & Fitness Editor ACCORDING TO the American Heart Association, the recommended daily sodium intake is less than 2,400 mg. On average, Americans consume 4,000 mg of sodium daily, with 75 percent of that intake coming from the processed foods consumed on a regular basis. In an effort to lower sodium intake, the American Heart Association is collaborating with New York City to create a nationwide campaign, the National Salt Reduction Initiative. The goal is part of a plan that aims to improve cardiovascular health and help people reduce the sodium they eat to fewer than 1,500 mg per day by the year 2020.
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