中国人平均每天吃掉10g盐，是世界卫生组织推荐量的两倍，过去40年间中国成年人食盐量位居世界首位。
盐摄入过量会使血压升高，是中风和心脏病的主要原因，致死人数约占中国死亡总人数的40%。
中国北方地区盐摄入量为每天11.2g，全球最高，这一数字从20世纪80年代起一直在下降，当时为每天12.8g，进入21世纪以后下降最为明显。
原因可能是政府加强盐意识教育以及人们对腌制食品的依赖程度下降，因为全年蔬菜供应量增加了。
然而中国南方并未出现下降趋势，盐摄入量从20世纪80年代开始，每天8.8g大幅上升至2010年以后的每天10.2g。
原因可能在于加工食品和外出就餐量增长，从而导致政府的努力未达到预期效果。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 中国人 | Zhōng guó rén | Chinese person |
| 平均 | píng jūn | average; on average |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 掉 | diào | (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) |
| 盐 | yán | salt |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 世界卫生组织 | Shì jiè Wèi shēng Zǔ zhī | World Health Organization (WHO) |
| 推荐 | tuī jiàn | recommendation |
| 量 | liàng | capacity / quantity / amount |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 倍 | bèi | (two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double |
| 过去 | guò qù | (in the) past; former; previous |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 间 | jiān | between / among / within a definite time or space |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 成年人 | chéng nián rén | adult person |
| 食 | shí | food / animal feed |
| 位居 | wèi jū | to be located at |
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 首 | shǒu | first |
| 位 | wèi | position / location / place / seat |
| 摄入 | shè rù | intake / consumption |
| 过量 | guò liàng | excessive |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 使 | shǐ | to make / to cause / to enable |
| 血压 | xuè yā | blood pressure |
| 升高 | shēng gāo | to raise / to ascend |
| 中风 | zhòng fēng | to suffer a paralyzing stroke |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 心脏病 | xīn zàng bìng | heart disease |
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 原因 | yuán yīn | cause / origin / root cause / reason |
| 致死 | zhì sǐ | to cause death; to be lethal; to be deadly |
| 人数 | rén shù | number of people |
| 约 | yuē | approximately |
| 占 | zhàn | to take possession of / to occupy / to take up |
| 死亡 | sǐ wáng | death |
| 总 | zǒng | (bound form) general; overall |
| 北方 | běi fāng | north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River |
| 地区 | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term) |
| 为 | wéi | to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do |
| 全球 | quán qiú | worldwide; global |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 数字 | shù zì | numeral / digit / number / figure / amount |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 世纪 | shì jì | century |
| 年代 | nián dài | a decade of a century / age / era / period |
| 起 | qǐ | verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line) / continuously; always; all the way through |
| 在 | zài | (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 下降 | xià jiàng | to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease |
| 当时 | dāng shí | then; at that time |
| 进入 | jìn rù | to enter / to join / to go into |
| 以后 | yǐ hòu | after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future |
| 明显 | míng xiǎn | clear / distinct / obvious |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen) / maybe / perhaps |
| 政府 | zhèng fǔ | government |
| 加强 | jiā qiáng | to reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance |
| 意识 | yì shí | consciousness; awareness |
| 教育 | jiào yù | education |
| 以及 | yǐ jí | and; as well as |
| 人们 | rén men | people |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 腌制 | yān zhì | marinated |
| 食品 | shí pǐn | foodstuff; food; provisions |
| 依赖 | yī lài | to depend on; to be dependent on |
| 程度 | chéng dù | degree; level; extent |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 全 | quán | all / whole / entire / every / complete |
| 蔬菜 | shū cài | vegetables |
| 供应 | gōng yìng | to supply; to provide (goods, services etc) |
| 增加 | zēng jiā | to raise; to increase |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 然而 | rán ér | however; but; yet |
| 南方 | nán fāng | south; southern direction / (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River |
| 并未 | bìng wèi | (used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ...; has not actually ... |
| 出现 | chū xiàn | to appear / to arise / to emerge / to show up |
| 趋势 | qū shì | trend; tendency |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 大幅 | dà fú | substantially; by a wide margin |
| 上升 | shàng shēng | to rise / to go up / to ascend |
| 至 | zhì | to / until |
| 在于 | zài yú | to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute) / (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb) |
| 加工 | jiā gōng | processing / working (of machinery) |
| 外出 | wài chū | to go out / to go away (on a trip etc) |
| 就餐 | jiù cān | to dine; to have one's meal |
| 增长 | zēng zhǎng | to grow; to increase |
| 从而 | cóng ér | thus; thereby |
| 导致 | dǎo zhì | to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about |
| 努力 | nǔ lì | to make an effort; to try hard; to strive |
| 未 | wèi | not yet / did not / have not / not |
| 达到 | dá dào | to reach; to achieve; to attain |
| 预期 | yù qī | to expect / to anticipate |
| 效果 | xiào guǒ | result / effect / efficacy / (theater) sound or visual effects |