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More than a third of children’s meals sold in restaurants exceed government salt targets, new research has found. Menus from Wetherspoon, Hungry Horse, Prezzo and Gourmet Burger Kitchen are among those studied by Action on Salt, which has analysed the ingredients in meals offered by big-name chains. The government has set a maximum target of 1.71g of salt for children’s restaurant meals that it expects eateries to reach by the end of the year. But researchers based at Queen Mary University say more than 37% of restaurant meals aimed at children currently exceed those limits – with some dishes …

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