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Banning trans fat improves health

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In the UK, on the basis of current disease rates, a strategy to reduce trans fats by 1% of total energy would prevent 11000 MIs and 7000 deaths. The editorialists urge the UK and other countries to ban the artificial fat through national legislation, arguing that such a strategy is more effective than education or food labeling.

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