Trans Fats in America: A Review of Their Use, Consumption, Health Implications, and Regulation

Remig, Valentina; Franklin, Barry; Margolis, Simeón; Kostas, Georgia; Nece, Theresa; Street, James C.

doi:10.1016/j.jada.2009.12.024

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“…This may mislead consumers and allow them to make bad food choices. These findings are concerning because trans-fat is harmful to the body, especially with respect to the development of dyslipidaemia and CVD (14,15) . Hence, the Nutrition facts label…”

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Reporting of trans-fat on labels of Brazilian food products

Silveira

Gonzalez-Chica

Proença

2013

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: The present study investigated how trans-fat is reported on the packaging of foods sold in a Brazilian supermarket. Design: The present descriptive, cross-sectional study analysed the ingredient list, nutrition facts label and claims of no trans-fat on the packaging. Setting: A large supermarket in Florianópolis, Brazil. Subjects: All food products available at the supermarket. Results: Of the 2327 study products, more than half had components containing trans-fat in the ingredient list, especially hydrogenated vegetable fat and its alternative names. A small percentage of food products reported some trans-fat content on the nutrition facts label and roughly a quarter of the food products claimed to contain no trans-fat on the front of the packaging. There was very low agreement among the trans-fat content reported in the nutrition facts label, claims of no trans-fat made on the packaging and the ingredient list. Conclusions: There was low agreement among the different ways of reporting trans-fat, suggesting that it is not possible to rely on the nutrition facts label or no trans-fat claims printed on the packaging of Brazilian food products. Hence, the Brazilian legislation on food labels needs to change to improve the reliability of food labels and to help control the trans-fat intake of the population.

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“…Because of the negative impact of trans-fat on human health (9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15) , in 2004 the WHO launched the Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health and one of its goals is to eliminate trans-fat from the diet (16)(17)(18)(19)(20) .…”

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Reporting of trans-fat on labels of Brazilian food products

Silveira

Gonzalez-Chica

Proença

2013

Public Health Nutr.

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“…For example, labelling policy in the United States allows foods with up to 0.5 g TFA per serving to be labelled TFA-free, whereas all other countries included in this review defined TFA-free as less than 0.2 g TFA per serving. 50 Moreover, there are important differences between local and national TFA bans. To date, local bans have focused on foods served in restaurants rather than all foods.…”

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The effectiveness of policies for reducing dietary trans fat: a systematic review of the evidence

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Thow

Leeder

2013

Bull. World Health Organ.

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“…According to World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization (2003), obesity and overweight is caused by an energy imbalance between calories consumed and calories expended. Among several factors related to the present development of overweight and obesity, an increased intake of foods high in fat and sugar but low in vitamins, minerals and fiber is one of the worldwide problems of this century (WHO, 2003;Remig et al, 2010). Fats are important nutrients in diet and have wide chemical properties that drive diverse metabolic effects.…”

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