Table 2.

Knowledge and attitudes related to dietary salt (n = 2398)^a

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?
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

^aCorrect responses for knowledge questions are in bold