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Was wondering how much sodium can a child consume a day?
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Sodium requirement: Americans on average eat about 1 to 3 teaspoons of salt a day (adding up to between 2, 300 and 6, 900 mg of sodium). The average daily sodium requirement is much less, ranging from 1, 200 g of sodium for 4- to 8-year-old children to 1, 500 g for 9- to 18-year-olds. This amounts to about half a teaspoon of salt a day.
Answered 5/5/2013
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