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Costa Rican diet contains too much salt, Health Ministry says

Alejandro Zúñiga -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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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