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Are Australian kids eating too much salt?

3/6/202645 min

Are Australian schoolkids eating too much salt? And does it put them at risk of high blood pressure?

A new approach to breast cancer screening based on risk could reduce the number of screens needed for some women.

There's been a lot of hype around brain training to protect against cognitive decline, but the results haven't always measured up. Now a new long-term study has promising results. 

Plus, navigating the diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis -- when can the condition be medically managed and when should you consider surgery?

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Brain training that lasts
New oral diabetes contender
Salt effects differ by child
Rethinking endo diagnosis
Validation after years of doubt
Three swaps to cut sodium
Surgery isn’t a cure-all
Toward tailored breast screening
Link screening to follow-up care

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First 90 seconds

  1. Carly Grimes· Soundbite0:00

    [on hold music] ABC Listen. Podcasts, radio, news, music and more.

  2. Norman Swan· Host0:05

    So, Priya, I've never met anybody who is so careful about what they provide to their children- [laughs] ... on the kitchen table. It's extraordinary.

  3. Priya Alexander· Host0:15

    Well, I actually get a lot of joy out of it, I have to say. I love making food fun. I take great joy. I know I'm alone in this, and a lot of people are probably sighing, but I quite like packing a lunchbox.

  4. Norman Swan· Host0:26

    Well, you're not alone in this. Your books have sold well on it. [laughs] Clearly it meets the mark. What do you do about salt?

  5. Priya Alexander· Host0:32

    I'm very careful about salt intake because I know about the potential implications for kidney, for heart health. And Norman, when I share some social media videos cooking, doing my thing, a lot of people come for me when I say, "I'm not adding salt to this 'cause there's enough in the canned tomatoes or the passata." People think I'm too rigid.

  6. Norman Swan· Host0:49

    Do your children agree?

  7. Priya Alexander· Host0:50

    My son loves salt. [laughs] Uh, but he knows why Mummy's careful.

  8. Norman Swan· Host0:54

    That's very good. That's coming up on this week's Health Report, children and salt.

  9. Priya Alexander· Host0:59

    I'm Priya Alexander on Wurundjeri land.

  10. Norman Swan· Host1:01

    And I'm Norman Swan on Gadigal land.

  11. Priya Alexander· Host1:02

    [on hold music] Also on the show, risk-based screening for breast cancer. Should women be screened differently according to their baseline risk?

  12. Norman Swan· Host1:12

    It could mean that some women get more screening and a lot of women get less.

  13. Priya Alexander· Host1:16

    And we're going to chat about what is best practice for the diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis, because you've likely seen a lot of stuff in your news feed.

  14. Norman Swan· Host1:25

    Yeah, and on Four Corners, and what exactly is the role of laparoscopy?

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