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Costa Rican diet contains too much salt, Health Ministry says

Alejandro Zúñiga - March 9, 2021

The average Costa Rican adult consumes twice the recommended value of salt each day, according to the Health Ministry.

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More than 30% of teenagers in Costa Rica are overweight or obese: Ministry of Health

The Tico Times - February 5, 2020

More than 30% of teenagers in Costa Rica are overweight or obese, according to a study released by the Ministry of Health.

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Number of obese Ticos has almost quadrupled in four decades

L. Arias - April 19, 2017

The Social Security System has launched a new campaign seeking to change Ticos’ eating habits in order to stem a tide of increasing obesity.

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Agriculture Ministry surveys population’s consumption of fruits, vegetables, seafood

L. Arias - October 7, 2015

Agriculture Ministry officials this week began a nationwide survey on the population's consumption of vegetables, fish and seafood.

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Costa Rican diet includes too much salt, processed food, experts say

L. Arias - September 14, 2015

A recent study found that one fast food kid's meal in Costa Rica had six times more sodium than the same meal from the same restaurant chain in the U.K.

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