NATIONWIDE — A new study from the Centers for Disease Control finds too much salt in many foods marketed for toddlers and infants. The CDC looked at the nutrition labels for more than 1,000 foods marketed to kids and found seven in 10 toddler dinners had too much salt. 

It's believed nearly 80 percent of kids aged one to three exceed the daily recommended salt intake. Health experts say an abundance of prepackaged, preservative-filled kids food items is partially to blame.  

“When you have convenience, more convenience foods which is what people are looking for now, you tend to have more processed foods.  Processed means it's going to be higher in sodium. That's because sodium is a preservative” said Sherri Clarke, a registered dietitian with LifExcel Carolina.

The CDC examined the nutritional make ups of foods like mini hot dogs, rice cakes, dried fruits and baby food. The study found the average child's food averaged close to one and a half times the recommended sodium per serving.

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