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Medical student and council staff seek board support for city bill to expand sodium and sugar warnings on menus
Summary
A medical student urged Community Board 11 to back a City Council bill to extend sodium and added-sugar warning labels to all restaurants; a council staffer described the proposal and offered constituent support resources and a Thanksgiving giveaway.
Abdul Rashid Abdulai, a medical student at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a CUNY School of Public Health student, asked Community Board 11 to support a City Council bill he cited as "11 77 20 25" to extend sodium and added-sugar warning labels beyond chain restaurants to all establishments.
"Without clear menu labels, people can easily consume meals with 2,300 milligrams or more of sodium in a…
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