Mexico tries to tackle obesity
Salt’s role in national diet under scrutiny as illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease reach near-epidemic levels.
Published On 29 Sep 2013
Mexicans have become increasingly unhealthy in recent years, with diabetes, heart disease and other diet-related illnesses at near epidemic levels.
The country has also overtaken the US for the highest rate of obesity in the western hemisphere.
In response, authorities are targeting a key part of the Mexican diet: salt.
Al Jazeera’s Adam Raney reports from Mexico City.
Source: Al Jazeera