Question | Weighted % | SE |
---|---|---|
Do you think that eating too much salt could damage your health? | ||
  Yes | 89.8 | 0.7 |
 No | 4.5 | 0.5 |
 Don’t know | 5.7 | 0.5 |
On Australian food products, information about the amount of sodium within a food product is displayed on the food label. What is the relationship between salt and sodium? | ||
 They are exactly the same | 45.6 | 1.0 |
  Salt contains sodium | 33.1 | 1.0 |
 Sodium contains salt | 3.4 | 0.4 |
 Don’t know | 17.9 | 0.8 |
Which of the following do you think is the main source of salt in the Australian diet? | ||
 Salt added during cooking or at the table | 17.1 | 0.8 |
  Salt from processed foods such as breads, sausages and cheese | 74.8 | 0.9 |
 Salt from natural food sources | 2.5 | 0.3 |
 Don’t know | 5.5 | 0.5 |
In general, how much salt do you think Australians eat? | Â | Â |
  Far too much | 33.1 | 1.0 |
  Too much | 50.1 | 1.0 |
 Just the right amount | 7.9 | 0.6 |
 Too little | 1.5 | 0.3 |
 Far too little | 0.3 | 0.1 |
 Don’t know | 7.2 | 0.5 |
Health professionals recommend that we should eat no more than a certain amount of salt each day. How much salt do you think this is? | ||
 3 g (about 1/2 a teaspoon) | 27.1 | 0.9 |
  5 g (about 1 teaspoon) | 27.8 | 0.9 |
 8 g (about 1 and a 1/2 teaspoons) | 10.4 | 0.7 |
 10 g (about 2 teaspoons) | 5.0 | 0.5 |
 15 g (about 3 teaspoons) | 1.4 | 0.3 |
 Don’t know | 28.3 | 0.9 |
How do you think your daily salt intake compares to the amount of salt recommended by health professionals? | ||
 I eat less salt than recommended | 18.3 | 0.8 |
 I eat about the right amount of salt | 36.4 | 1.0 |
 I eat more salt than recommended | 29.0 | 1.0 |
 I don’t know | 16.3 | 0.8 |