[The daily consumption of table salt in relation to body weight]

The fluoride concentration of table salt and kitchen salt used for the prevention of caries can only be determined when the consumption of salt is related to the bodyweight (Kg). Therefore the amount of salt consumed was determined in 242 subjects aged between 4 months and 85 years. The subjects lived in different parts of Hungary. The daily average intake of salt (ingestion) per kg was 0.0668 g. The consumption of salt is greater in youth than later. Men up to the age of 30 appear to consume more salt than women, but in relation to the whole group investigated, there is no important difference between the two sexes. The average commercial sales data over a number of years were compared with the average salt consumption in a kitchen service for 2929 persons.