ADULTS in York are risking high blood pressure by consuming more than 500 million grammes of salt every year – the equivalent in weight of 119 African elephants.
According to UK charity the Blood Pressure Association, York is getting through 511,657,000 grammes of salt annually.
Professor Graham MacGregor, chairman of the association, said the Government needed to do more to encourage people to reduce their salt intake.
Diets high in salt have been linked to stroke, heart attack and heart disease.
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