A new study has found that Indians consume 8 grams of salt on a daily basis which is 3 grams more than the WHO recommendation of up to 5 grams daily. The study, published in Nature Journal, also revealed that salt intake was significantly higher in men, people who live in rural areas, and those who are overweight. "The mean dietary salt intake is high in the Indian population, which calls for planning and implementing control of dietary salt consumption measures," it says.
The team of researchers from the Indian Council Medical Research–National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research found the determinants related to dietary salt intake in an adult population of 18–69 years that were assessed as part of the National NCD Monitoring Survey (NNMS) in India. It found that the mean daily salt intake was 8.9 gm per day for men and 7.1 gm per day for women.
