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SynthesisAmerican journal of public health2015

Impact of regulatory interventions to reduce intake of artificial trans-fatty acids: a systematic review.

Vivien L Hendry, Eva Almíron-Roig, Pablo Monsivais, Susan A Jebb, Sara E Benjamin Neelon, Simon J Griffin, David B Ogilvie

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Synthesis in American journal of public health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Vivien L HendryVivien L. Hendry, Pablo Monsivais, Sara E. Benjamin Neelon, Simon J. Griffin, and David B. Ogilvie are with the UK Clinical Research Collaboration Centre for Diet and Activity Research, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK. Eva Almíron-Roig and Susan A. Jebb are with the Medical Research Council Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, UK.
Eva Almíron-Roig
Pablo Monsivais
Susan A Jebb
Sara E Benjamin Neelon
Simon J Griffin
David B Ogilvie

Funding

British Heart FoundationCancer Research UKMedical Research Council MC_U105960384Medical Research Council MC_U105960389Medical Research Council MC_U106179474Medical Research Council MC_UU_12015/4Medical Research Council MC_UU_12015/6Medical Research Council MR/K023187/1Medical Research Council U105960389Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We examined the impact of regulatory action to reduce levels of artificial trans-fatty acids (TFAs) in food. We searched Medline, Embase, ISI Web of Knowledge, and EconLit (January 1980 to December 2012) for studies related to government regulation of food- or diet-related health behaviors from which we extracted the subsample of legislative initiatives to reduce artificial TFAs in food. We screened 38 162 articles and identified 14 studies that examined artificial TFA controls limiting permitted levels or mandating labeling. These measures achieved good compliance, with evidence of appropriate reformulation. Regulations grounded on maximum limits and mandated labeling can lead to reductions in actual and reported TFAs in food and appear to encourage food producers to reformulate their products.

Indexed as

Government RegulationLegislation, FoodDatabases, BibliographicDietary FatsFood AdditivesFood LabelingGlobal HealthHumansTrans Fatty AcidsDietary FatsFood AdditivesTrans Fatty Acids

Identifiers

PMID25602897
PMCPMC4330865

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