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Even if we can make some headway in processed foods
虽然我们能在加工食品上取得进展
Restaurant foods is another major source of salt intake
但餐厅食品作为盐摄取主要来源
And a challenge to think of how to label better
却在更好给食品打标签
How to educate consumers better about what they're eating
及更好教育人们方面遇到很大挑战
Yeah, it's a really good question
对，问得很好
Most countries are eating way too much salt
很多国家盐都吃得太多
There are countries that are higher
有摄取量更高的国家
We are probably on the high end,
美国已经算是很高的了
but most westernized countries that consume a lot of processed foods, eat too much salt
而很多西方化国家都吃大量加工食品，摄取很多盐
So we are high. We are high but the interesting thing is the World Health Organization
我们算是高的。我们很高，不过有趣的是，世界卫生组织
has really made this an international goal of theirs to reduce salt intake
也将减少盐摄取量作为一项国际目标

And I think all of the countries are trying to figure out ways to do this themselves
所有国家应该都在想办法减少盐摄入量
And the last thing I would say is that
最后我想说的是
because many of the food manufacturers are multinational companies
很多食品生产商都是跨国公司
that really the efforts require actually sort of a global international efforts
所以盐减少需要全球共同努力
To put the pressure on food companies to change their formulations
以此向食品公司施压，让其改变配方
Because one company does it means that
一家公司这么做的话
The rest of us are eating more salt because there are other foods are moving down to us
其它仍然有很多食品含盐量很多
So all of us have to really be vigilant and to really I think demand
所以我们自己也需要警惕
that when we go into the restaurant or to the grocery store
在去餐厅或杂货店时
that we have the choices available to us to eat a lower salt and lower sugar products
尽量选择含盐量含糖量较低的产品
All right.Thank you very much
好的。非常感谢

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