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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Snacking towards bad health

Potato crisps, fish snacks and crispy crackers have the highest amount of salt. Photo courtesy of the Nephrology Society of Thailand

After working all day, a worn-out mother does not have time to buy something fresh for dinner on the way home. Instead, she raids a convenience store in her condo and puts frozen food in a trolley. She also picks up her son’s favourite potato crisps because it can keep him busy in front of a tablet while he waits for his dad to come home from work late at night.

Overconsumption of sodium from snacks has been a national health challenge for years. Although it is typical for parents to feed their kids snacks, they can be silent killers. Recently, researchers collected 400 random samples from supermarkets and found that most of the items had high levels of…

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