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Trans fat Q&A: Things you need to know
So long, trans fat.
Jun 17, 2015
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Suggested ban on trans fat begs the question: Are substitutes any healthier?
Health advocates cheered last month's U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposal to ban partially hydrogenated oils—which contain trans fats that increase the risk of heart disease—but some wonder whether the substitutes ...
Dec 18, 2013
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Action needed to set legal limits on trans fats in food
On 3 December, the European Commission adopted a report on trans fats (TFA) in food and in the overall diet of Europeans. Based on JRC input, it suggests that setting a legal limit for industrial TFA content would be the ...
Dec 4, 2015
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Trans fats backlash pushes US butter consumption to a 40-year-high
For generations, butter got a bad rap. It was thought to be cloying, fattening, dangerous for your arteries, and it took a creaming from oil-based substitutes like margarine.
Jan 13, 2014
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Professor studies trans fat consumption in the wake of policy shifts
Trans fat policies have led to a decline in its availability in the global food supply, according to Rutgers School of Public Health professor Shauna Downs and colleagues from universities worldwide. Although all forms of ...
Feb 8, 2018
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Survey finds public support for legal interventions to fight obesity, noncommunicable diseases
The public is very supportive of government action aimed at changing lifestyle choices that can lead to obesity, diabetes, and other noncommunicable diseases—but they're less likely to support such interventions if they're ...
Mar 4, 2013
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WHO urges more countries to get tougher on trans fat
The World Health Organization said Monday that nearly half the world's population was now covered by solid rules limiting trans fat in foods and urged lagging countries to catch up.
Jan 29, 2024
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No trans fat? Americans won't taste the difference
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration officially banned artificial trans fats this week. But food in America probably won't taste much differently than it does today.
Nov 7, 2013
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Next NYC health campaign: too-loud earphones (Update)
(AP)—Add cranked-up earphones to the list of health dangers Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants New Yorkers to avoid.
Mar 6, 2013
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Inside the Bloomberg public health toolbox
As Mayor Michael Bloomberg's term comes to a close, the latest research conducted by Columbia University's Mailman School of Public indicates that he leaves a legacy of ambitious public health policies from pioneering restrictions ...
Dec 19, 2013
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