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Eliminating artificial trans fatty acids (TFA) from the food supply significantly reduces the burden of coronary heart disease (CHD), including mortality and acute events, and generates substantial healthcare cost savings.
Support policies that eliminate artificial trans fats from the food supply. This public health intervention has been shown to significantly reduce heart disease deaths and events, saving billions in healthcare costs, with no significant negative impact on food affordability.
Even under the most conservative scenario, reduction of TFA intake had a substantial effect on public health.
Why this rating
The study uses a robust policy modeling approach combining baseline intake data, expert consensus on replacement fats, and multiple epidemiological scenarios (lipid profiles, biomarkers, cohort studies) calibrated with national statistics.
Source
Eliminating artificial trans fatty acids in Argentina: estimated effects on the burden of coronary heart disease and costs
Adolfo Rubinstein et al. · Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2015
DOI 10.2471/blt.14.150516
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