Study Finds Social Inequalities in Salt Intake

In Britain, people from low socio-economic positions still eat more salt than those from higher socio-economic positions, irrespective of where they live. A paper published in the iBMJ Open/i journal and led by Warwick Medical School suggests social inequalities in salt intake have hardly changed in the period from 2000-01 to 2011. This is despite a national average salt reduction over this time.This paper is the first to monitor social inequalities following ...