β Scribed by John Stanley
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
The link between the intake of industrially produced trans fatty acids and risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) has been reviewed recently. The authors concluded that elimination of industrially produced trans fatty acids from the USA diet might avert 22% of the 1.2 million CHD events in the USA every year. Denmark has introduced legislation which limits the trans fatty acid content of oils and fats destined for human consumption to 2% of total fatty acids. This has reduced trans fatty acid intake in Denmark to insignificant levels and it will be interesting to see what effects this has on risk of CHD. By contrast in the USA the FDA has chosen the labelling option which puts the onus on the consumer to make the right food choices although New York City has adopted a more interventionist approach in its restaurants and food outlets. The Danish approach is far more effective as can be seen from the amounts of trans fatty acids present in French fries and chicken nuggets purchased from McDonalds and KFC in the two countries.
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