Half the world now following doctors’ orders on cutting trans fats, says WHO

Jun 25, 2024, at 07:12 pm

A total of 53 countries had best practice policies in place for tackling industrial trans fats in food as of last year, vastly improving the food environment for 3.7 billion people, or 46 per cent of the world’s population, according to a milestone report published by the UN World Health Organization on Monday.

WHO calls for action to totally eliminate trans fat, ‘a toxic chemical that kills’

Jan 24, 2023, at 05:38 pm

New York: Despite recent progress towards eliminating trans fat from food, some five billion people remain unprotected from its harmful impacts, thus increasing their risk of heart disease and death, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.

‘Transfats’ from processed foods may increase ovarian cancer risk

Jul 03, 2020, at 10:07 am

New York: A likely link between processed and fried foods containing so-called “transfats” and ovarian cancer has been identified by UN scientists, they said on Thursday.

WHO welcomes industry action to align with global trans fat elimination targets

May 14, 2019, at 03:16 pm

New York, May 14 (IBNS): WHO welcomes the commitment by the International Food and Beverage Alliance (IFBA) to align with the WHO target to eliminate industrially produced trans fat from the global food supply by 2023.