Trans Fat Elimination

• Tác giả: Bethany Warren
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 612.39 Metabolism
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2022
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 306851
• Chủ đề: 1. HEALTH POLICY INTERVENTION; 2. PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY; 3. TOXIC TRANS FATS; 4. TRANS FAT ELIMINATION CASE STUDY; 5. UNHEALTHY PROCESSED FOOD

Tóm tắt

Artificial trans fats are toxic, unnecessary chemicals that increase the risk of heart attack and death. Consumption causes 540,000 deaths each year globally, similar in magnitude to deaths from malaria and HIV/AIDS. Trans fats are added to processed foods for commercial benefit and commonly found in baked and fried foods, snack food products, and cooking oils and spreads. It is feasible to eliminate artificial trans fats by replacing them with healthier alternatives without altering taste or increasing cost, and many countries have done so. Implementing this cost effective, relatively straightforward policy intervention globally would save 17.5 million lives and healthcare costs, boosting countries' human capital and productivity.