This spotlight update on NCDA’s work to accelerate trans fat elimination shares recent activities, new resources and ways to get involved.

This report presents case studies of six countries in different regions of the world that have enacted policies to eliminate industrially-produced trans fatty acids/trans fat (TFA) from their food supply. The purpose of this report is to provide civil society organizations (CSOs) and policy-makers around the world with examples of successful strategies for enacting and implementing TFA policies. The report also provides best practices, lessons learned, and recommendations based on the experience of policy-makers, advocates, and researchers involved in such efforts.

Unhealthy diets are responsible for 11 millions preventable deaths globally per year, according to a major study recently published by The Lancet.

Hosted by LINKS, the NCD Alliance presented a webinar on 21 March to discuss the role of civil society organisations in the elimination of industrially produced trans fatty acids, with a focus on Mexico and Argentina.