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Trans fat elimination

Putting Nigeria’s trans fat elimination policy into action

Global Week for Action: Key actions to successfully eliminate toxic trans fat

Preparing for policy in action: Nigeria builds capacity to eliminate trans fat and protect heart health

NYC trans fat ban

Eliminating trans fat: Only your heart will know the difference

Dr. Tom Frieden explains how New York City successfully banned trans fat and became a model for eliminating this toxic food additive. 
what it takes to eliminate trans fat

New video from Dr. Frieden: What it takes to eliminate trans fat

Austria, Norway, Singapore, and Oman awarded by WHO for efforts to eliminate toxic trans fat for foods.

Four more countries validated by WHO for actions toward a trans fat-free world

flyer for ATNi-RTSL webinar on trans fat elimination

Webinar unpacks industry’s role in removing trans fat from foods

9 million lives saved and counting

Resolve to Save Lives
Heart health partnerships between 2018 and 2023 will result in 9 million fewer deaths worldwide. This report details how.
Graphic reading: Pakistan is the latest country (64th) to adopt a best-practice policy to eliminate trans fat.

Pakistan protects more than 240 million people by eliminating harmful trans fat

Resolve to Save Lives at EPI | Lifestyle Scientific Sessions 2025

Resolve to Save Lives partners interviewed by the press in Indonesia following healthy food environment roundtable

Stakeholders gather to protect Indonesians against artificial trans fat and high salt foods

Trans fat elimination: Maximizing lives saved through policy implementation and enforcement

Resolve to Save Lives
Resolve to Save Lives’ guidance for enforcing best-practice trans fat elimination policies.

Developing and implementing a trans fat elimination policy: A 7-step guide for policymakers

Resolve to Save Lives
Practical steps for countries to develop and implement best practice trans fat elimination policies
trans fat lab techs sitting at laboratory table with white lab coat and blue head cap and mask

Training lab techs to keep toxic trans fat out of Nigeria’s food

Cartoon of RFK Jr. against the food industry in the Wall Street Journal Essay by Tom Friden and Tom Farley "We Battled Big Food. Can RFK, Jr. Succeed Where We Failed?"

For WSJ, our President and CEO Dr. Tom Frieden talks nutrition in the U.S. and beyond

graphic with Colombian flag and large yellow 63 in center; text states Colombia is latest country to adopt a best-practice policy to eliminate trans fat

Colombia protects 52 million people from toxic trans fat

RTSL trans fat experts speak out

Image of man holding aching heart in background. Headshot of RTSL director Dr. Indu Bhushan and CNBC-TV18 log

“India cannot afford to ignore the dangers posed by trans fats”

image of Dr. Amit, Dr. Manika, Dr. Swati, and Dr. Murugunathan on stage for a panel discussion for the CARDIOBASE 2024 panel

Resolve to Save Lives at CARDIOBASE 2024

image of panel for new Nigeria health policy launch

New policies in Nigeria will help save lives from heart disease

REPLACE Initiative’s role in ending trans fat

Pile of ultra-processed foods like burgers and pizza containing trans fat.

Drs. Tom Frieden and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on global progress eliminating trans fat

Addressing Unhealthy Diets in India

Yellow and gray cover page with image of world map in varying shades of brown. Depicts the new WHO report on 5-years of progress eliminating harmful trans fat globally

WHO’s 5-year milestone report on global trans fat elimination

report cover page with yellow map of the world indicating protection from toxic trans fat globally

Countdown to 2023: 5-year progress report on global trans fat elimination

World Health Organization
2023 progress report on the World Health Organization’s REPLACE initiative to eliminate trans fat, supported by Resolve to Save Lives

Milestone 5-year report on progress to eliminate toxic trans fat released

Indonesia can improve health by eliminating harmful trans fat

Introducing Resolve to Save Lives: India

Regulate Trans Fat, Even if Burden is Low

Resolve to Save Lives

Statement from Dr. Renu Garg: Nepal bans trans fat