iTFA

Consensus for health: no more trans fats in Mexico

13th June 2023

Demonstrating that it is possible to attain the ideal, civil society and the Mexican government reached a legislative consensus to remove trans fatty acids from the food supply in Mexico.

Mexico,

trans fats,

processed food,

cardiovascular disease,

CVD,

stroke,

iTFA,

PHO,

unhealthy diets,

malnutrition,

nutrition,

diabetes,

obesity
Mexican lawmakers ban use of trans fats, which cause 13,000 deaths a year in the country

13th February 2023

Mexico’s Parliament has banned the use of trans fats, a common ingredient in processed foods and a major cause of cardiovascular disease and stroke in the country and worldwide.

Mexico,

trans fats,

processed food,

cardiovascular disease,

CVD,

stroke,

iTFA,

PHO,

unhealthy diets,

malnutrition,

nutrition,

diabetes,

obesity
Trans Fats: the silent killer in your food

19th April 2022

The World Health Organization has called for global elimination of industrial trans fat by 2023 with the REPLACE initiative.
Dismantling remaining barriers to be trans fat free by 2023

16th October 2020

This virtual event, organised by NCD Alliance and Resolve to Save Lives will focus on what is working well in industrially produced trans fatty acids (iTFA) elimination strategies with a particular regional focus, and on where gaps to achieve iTFA elimination still exist.

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