MostAmericanseattoo muchsalt，buttheU.S.FoodandDrugAdmin...

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Most Americans eat too  much salt，but the U. S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA)recogni­zes that cajoling people to eat       healthily   will  not have  much influence. So the FDA has set targets for restaurants and food makers to shake some of the salt out of diets.

For years，doctors       and public health experts have tried their best to make people aware of the need to reduce their salt intake and reduce the risk of high blood pressure leading to heart attacks，strokes and other health problems. The advice fell on deaf ears as people continued dining on pro­cessed foods like bacon，cold cuts and potato chips.

The government is  asking restaurants   and food  makers to voluntarily reduce the salt content in their products    with targets for short-term (two years)    and  longer-term (over the next 10 years)     chan­ges. The FDA estimates that its new，voluntary salt reduction targets to shake      the

salt out of Ameri­can diets could save about half-a-million lives. It could also reduce  health care costs by about     $100 billion over a decade.

The government targets are   not a       flat   percentage across the board；they vary       by food type. For example，Asian sauces (调味汁)，which are high in     salt，have one of the highest target drops，with  Hoisin  and other similar sauce makers being asked to cut    salt  by 67 percent. Makers of cream-based sauces like alfredo (白酱意面)are asked to cut salt levels by 54 percent.

This is not a U.S. only problem. The World Health Organization (WHO) also recommended a

similar target as part of a global effort to shake people out of their salt-filled diets. Reportedly，there are 75 countries working to reduce their citizens ’salt intake. Many countries，such as Australia，New Zealand，the United     Kingdom，Ireland  and  Canada，have also  made

noticeable progress in re­ducing salt in some products.

does the underlined word “cajoling” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A. Forcing.         B. Warning.     C. Ordering.         D . Persuading .

33. Which of the following foods is requested to cut salt sharply?

A. Asian sauces.     B. Alfredo.         C. Hoisin.          D. Bacon.

can we infer from the last paragraph?

A.  WHO has taken effective measures to reduce salt intake.

B. The problem of  much salt       intake has spread to       the whole       world.

C. Many countries have made great progress in reducing salt in products.

D. Only Asian countries haven ’ t realized the health risks of much salt intake.

’s the text mainly about?

A. The risks of taking too much salt.

B. FDA targets to remove some salt out of diets.

C. Doctors worry about American people’s health.

D. The standards for salt content in different diets.

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DACB

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