SINGAPORE — In an effort to eat healthily, people may try to make better food choices when they dine out or at home, choosing to eat a bowl of noodle soup instead of fried food at the hawker centre, or have a salad or a “cleaner” lunch.
Yet, even when they choose one of these seemingly healthier food options, they might be exceeding the daily limit of sodium intake.
High sodium intake is among the pressing public health concerns in Singapore, with nine in 10 people here consuming almost double the recommended daily limit by the World Health Organization, which is 2,000mg of sodium — equivalent to 5g or slightly less than a teaspoon of salt.
Salt is made up of 40 per cent sodium and 60 per cent chloride.
Findings from the National Nutrition Survey 2022 here showed that the daily sodium intake of Singapore residents rose from 3,480mg in 2019 to 3,620mg last year.
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