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The new CDC report is based on surveys of more than 7,200 people in 2007 and 2008, including nearly 3,000 children. Participants were surveyed twice, each time answering detailed questions about what they had eaten over the previous day. Researchers then broke down what they ate into categories, and assigned sodium amounts.
Salt reduction has become a recent focus of public health campaigns, and some major food makers have taken steps or announced plans to gradually reduce sodium in their products.
CDC officials -- who have long encouraged people to eat more fruits and vegetables -- stopped short of advising people to lay off the bread. But they are encouraging consumers to read labels and, for example, buy brands of bread that have lower sodium.
"People can choose how much salt to add to their food at the table. They can't take it out once it's there," Frieden said.
There's another way to consume less sodium. "Eat smaller portions," Hayes said.
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