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Costa Rican diet contains too much salt, Health Ministry says
Alejandro Zúñiga
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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