Denmark’s ban of artificial trans fats saved 1200 lives over 16 years


Banning the addition of synthetic trans fat to meals in 2003 is assumed to have saved 1200 lives in Denmark between 1991 and 2007

Well being



5 September 2022

In some parts of the world artificial trans fats are added to products like pastries to extend their shelf life at a low cost, but they have been linked to heart disease

In some components of the world, synthetic trans fat are added to merchandise like pastries to increase their shelf life at a low price, however they’ve been linked to coronary heart illness

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Denmark’s world-leading ban on synthetic trans fat in meals has significantly diminished the variety of folks dying from coronary heart illness, significantly in deprived teams.

“It’s a wonderful lesson displaying that when governments put excessive requirements in place round meals, it will possibly have a extremely essential inhabitants well being impression,” says Gary Sacks at Deakin College in Melbourne, Australia. …