Trans fat elimination Archives

Implementing and Enforcing Trans Fat Elimination Policy in Chile

Summary of case study on the implementation and enforcement of Chile’s trans fat elimination policy

Implementing and Enforcing Trans Fat Elimination Policy in Singapore

Summary of case study on the implementation and enforcement of Singapore’s trans fat elimination policy

Implementing and enforcing trans fat elimination policies: Case studies

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

Trans fat elimination: Reasons for policy action now

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

Sri Lanka’s trans fat ban will save 50,000 lives in the next 25 years

Sri Lanka joins the REPLACE Initiative to eliminate this toxic food additive from the global food supply.

Sri Lanka bans trans fat

Statement from Dr. Renu Garg, Senior Vice President of Cardiovascular Health at Resolve to Save Lives 26 May 2023 (NEW YORK, USA)—“By passing a best-practice policy banning industrially produced trans fat from its food supply, Sri Lanka joins neighbors India and Bangladesh and 51 other countries in the global World Health Organization REPLACE Initiative to […]

Celebrating trans fat elimination on the global stage

Co-hosted with the World Health Organization, our side event at the World Health Assembly celebrated progress in removing trans fat from the global food supply.

Nigeria builds momentum for a trans fat-free Africa

Nigeria joins the global movement to eliminate trans fat from the global food supply.

Statement from Dr. Renu Garg: Nigeria builds momentum for a trans fat-free Africa

Statement from Dr. Renu Garg, Senior Vice President of Cardiovascular Health at Resolve to Save Lives 10 May 2023 (NEW YORK, USA)—“We congratulate Nigeria on the passage of its new best practice trans fat elimination policy, which will save approximately 1,200 lives per year. As the most populous country in Africa, Nigeria has set a […]

Effectiveness of school food environment policies on children’s dietary behaviors: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Systematic review includes 12 studies evaluating school meal standards implemented in the US, Canada, or UK, which were found to: increase fruit intake, reduce total fat, saturated fat, and sodium (but not total calories), and decrease BMI (although other adiposity measures evaluated were unchanged).

There’s a silent killer in your food

Short video from NCD Alliance on the risks of trans fat consumption

Global protocol for measuring fatty acid profiles of foods

WHO’s a global laboratory protocol for measuring fatty acid profiles of foods, with emphasis on monitoring trans-fatty acids.

Elimination of Industrially Produced Trans-fatty Acids: A Regulatory Drafting Tool

A PAHO drafting tool to assist governments and ministries in developing or reforming national legislation to eliminate iTFAs from their countries’ food supplies.