Dietary Sodium and the Risk of Hypertension

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To the Editor: Some members of the medical community and some health-policy makers may be misinterpreting information on the number of Americans who are at risk for high blood pressure. The American Academy of Pediatrics, 1 the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences, 2 3 4 the Select Committee on GRAS ("generally regarded as safe") Substances, 5 the Council for Agriculture Science and Technology, 6 the Institute of Food Technologists Expert Panel on Food Safety and Nutrition, 7 The Harvard Medical School Health Letter, 8 The Medical Letter, 9 and others have stated that 10 to 20 per cent of the population is . . .

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