Estimated 1.65 million global cardiovascular deaths each year linked to high sodium consumption

Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 13:31 in Health & Medicine

More than 1.6 million cardiovascular-related deaths per year can be attributed to sodium consumption above the World Health Organization's recommendation of 2.0 grams per day, researchers have found in a new analysis of populations across 187 countries.

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