TRANS FAT ELIMINATION RESOURCE LIBRARY

Policy guides, implementation tools, case studies and more

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Resolve to Save Lives

Series of case studies documenting experiences from around the world with the implementation and enforcement of trans fat regulations

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Resolve to Save Lives

Fact sheet from Resolve to Save Lives with practical steps for countries to develop and implement best practice trans fat elimination policies

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Resolve to Save Lives

Fact sheet from Resolve to Save Lives on the status of trans fat elimination policies globally

Global Health Advocacy Incubator

This report by GHAI’s Food Policy program reveals how the ultra-processed food industry has aggressively fought against front-of-package labels globally.

Resolve to Save Lives

Case study on the development and implementation of a healthy public food procurement policy

Pan American Health Organization

From WHO/PAHO Regional Expert Group for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention through Population-wide Dietary Salt Reduction

Resolve to Save Lives

This framework summarizes the recommended components of a comprehensive dietary sodium reduction program, and provides links to existing implementation tools, examples of successful programs and other resources.

Resolve to Save Lives

Resource on the benefits of healthy public food procurement and service policies

World Health Organization

WHO’s monitoring tool that tracks countries’ progress in implementing policies and programs on population sodium reduction

Resolve to Save Lives

Video for Low-salt home cooking from Resolve to Save Lives in China (Chinese with English subtitles) / 减盐科普短片(决心工程中国团队出品)

Resolve to Save Lives

Salt reduction public service announcement from Resolve to Save Lives in China (Chinese with English subtitles) / 减盐科普短片(决心工程中国团队出品)

Resolve to Save Lives

A fact sheet about tips on reducing dietary salt intake for Americans

World Health Organization

A support package to help countries in the European region to initiate or accelerate efforts towards population sodium reduction

MDPI

An article that provides an overview of global salt reduction policies in restaurants in many countries

Resolve to Save Lives

Short guide on potential use of health warning messages on low-sodium salt packaging

Vital Strategies

A video launched in Ethiopia to increase awareness that excess daily salt intake leads to cardiovascular disease

Vital Strategies

Testimonial-style video on the harmful effects of high sodium consumption

World Health Organization

A set of recommendations for national and international action to limit marketing of ultra-processed foods to children

Pan America Health Organisation

A report on methods, tools, procedures, and key recommendations on how to conduct research into front-of-package labeling

Global Health Advocacy Incubator

A how-to guide in planning and conducting an effective media advocacy campaign that aims to strengthen public health policies

Resolve to Save Lives

An article identifying high priority strategies that address reduction of sodium intake through home-cooked food, packaged food, food consumed outside the home

American Heart Association

Article presenting the rationale, current evidence on benefits and risks, and implications for using potassium-enriched salt substitutes as a strategy to lower blood pressure

Resolve to Save Lives

Document outlining the five key stages in adapting nutrient profile models to country-specific contexts

World Cancer Research Fund International

A collection of policies that different countries have in place to reduce children’s exposure to food marketing

Resolve to Save Lives

A comprehensive guide to healthy public food procurement resources featuring policy examples from around the world

BMJ

A study on the benefits of nationwide potassium enriched salt substitution on cardiovascular health in China

Hopkins

A nine-module online course to help policy makers and health advocates design, plan, and implement global sodium reduction interventions at low- and middle-income countries

Pan American Health Organization

A report on key considerations and recommendations to the use of front-of-package labeling as an effective policy tool to reduce demand and support for ultra-processed food products with high sodium, fat, and sugar content

World Health Organization

Outcomes of a narrative review conducted to update an earlier descriptive review published by WHO in 2009 on the extent, nature and effects of food marketing

University of North Carolina

A fact sheet presenting evidence and progress of food labelling policies globally

Nutrients

Proposes a framework for a scalable and sustainable approach of low-sodium salt use in the home and identifies challenges and potential solutions for effectiveness of this strategy

Global Health Advocacy Incubator

A how-to guide in planning and conducting an effective advocacy campaign that aims to strengthen public health policies

Hopkins

An informational video that addresses the role of sodium in one’s diet and its effects on cardiovascular health

Vital Strategies

A media campaign launched in China in 2019 warning people about the dangers of too much salt in their diet and its link to an increased risk of hypertension and stroke. 减盐公益广告(决心工程中国合作伙伴制

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Article from the Journal of Clinical Hypertension on evidence for salt reduction

Pan American Health Organization

A technical package that offers a rationale and recommendations for a population-based approach to reduce dietary salt intake in adults and children in the Americas

Food Policy

An article that identifies a five-step approach for setting sodium level targets in foods in LMICs