"Mayor Michael Bloomberg may want to start with school lunches if he wants to reduce New Yorkers’ sodium intake.
Some items on the city's public school lunch menu pack a heavy salt punch, according to a review of nutrition information on the Department of Education's website."
Among the items of note is a reduced-fat cheese sandwich, which contains a whopping 1,160 milligrams of sodium.
A pizza burger contains 951 milligrams, a ham and cheese sandwich comes in at almost 850, and a piece of chicken parmesan has 839 milligrams. Even a plain bagel registers at 700 milligrams.
The problem is magnified by the fact that kids can now eat up to three meals a day at school.
Health guidelines recommend Americans consume no more than 2,300 milligrams of salt a day.