Salt warnings can result in healthier food choices, study finds

Salt warnings on restaurant menus can encourage consumers to make healthier choices, a first study into the initiative has suggested.

- PA Media

Researchers have the "strongest evidence to date" that warnings on menus are effective at discouraging UK consumers from ordering options that are high in salt, according to the study by Liverpool University published in The Lancet Public Health.

Salt warning labels included in the study alerted consumers to dishes exceeding 50% of the recommended UK daily salt limit of 6g.