Most Americans Eating too Much Sodium According to CDC

STATES CHRONICLE – It would seem like the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has a tough year ahead, as it turns out that despite their best efforts, most Americans eating too much sodium according to CDC.

Despite their best efforts to reduce this, the CDC is faced with yet another year when the majority of Americans are eating much more than the recommended amount of sodium each day.

Every five years, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans publishes a new guide in order to inform Americans on how to eat more healthily.

These guidelines make use of the most recent scientific data, and focus on protecting American citizens from the various health problems that result from unhealthy eating.

The current edition came out last year, and it will be available until 2020; the current recommended salt intake is of 2,300 mg per day for citizens over the age of 14, and even less for those younger.

However, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s newest report, not only are some Americans not taking those guidelines into account, but most of them are completely ignoring them.

Making their newest records public, the CDC announced that over 90% of children and 89% of all American adults with ages of 19 and older eat more than the recommended maximum amount of sodium in a day.

The issue turned out to be present across all genders, races, and didn’t seem to be affected by health status too much. Some of the results are as follows below.

When talking about adults, it seems like the majority of those consuming sodium in excess are male, but females aren’t really that far behind, with 98% of men and 80% of women ignoring the guidelines.

As mentioned before, race didn’t prove to be an issue either, with 85% of adult blacks overeating sodium, compared to 90% of adult whites.

The most amounts of sodium and calories turned out to be consumed in adults with ages between 19 and 50.

When talking about pre-existing medical conditions, some Americans do take their conditions into account, but no too many. So, 14% of hypertensive adults attempt to stay away from too much sodium intake, while 25% of those at risk of having a stroke or developing heart disease try not to exceed the maximum daily dosage of salt.

Despite their improved efforts, it would seem like the CDC doesn’t really stand a chance at reducing the nation-wide sodium intake, as statistics haven’t really changed that much in the past decade.

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