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Salt – How Much is Too Much for Children

It is estimated that 9 out of 10 children eat too much salt, how much is too much for a child?

Whether you add salt or there's hidden salt (as in processed food), as a parent it's up to you to monitor your child's sodium intake.

To much salt can lead to many health issues, now or later in your child's life.

Just how much is too much?

Listen as Dr. Linh Nguyen and Deborah Howell discuss this very important health issue to help insure are children are healthy and less salty.
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Salt – How Much is Too Much for Children
Featured Speaker:
Dr. Linh Nguyen
Dr. Linh Nguyen is a pediatrician at MemorialCare Medical Group’s primary care office on Bellflower Boulevard in Long Beach, California. She attended medical school at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and completed an internship and residency at the University of California Irvine Medical Center. Dr. Nguyen believes in the power to change a child’s wellbeing through preventive care and partnering with parents to achieve the best care possible for their child. She has special interests in asthma and childhood obesity. Dr. Nguyen is currently accepting new patients.