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Sodium content at common NYC chain restaurants did not decrease one year after enforcement of sodium warning labels, suggesting additional time and similar action from other jurisdictions is necessary to reduce the sodium content of menu items

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Sodium content of menu items in New York City chain restaurants following enforcement of the sodium warning icon rule, 2015–2017

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Sodium content at common NYC chain restaurants did not decrease one year after enforcement of sodium warning labels, suggesting additional time and similar action from other jurisdictions is necessary to reduce the sodium content of menu items

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0274648

Article Title: Sodium content of menu items in New York City chain restaurants following enforcement of the sodium warning icon rule, 2015–2017

Author Countries: USA

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.


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