- Nutrition Action Healthletter: Trans Fat
Recommendations for avoiding trans fats when eating out.
www.cspinet.org/nah/6_99/transfat3.html
- American Heart Association: Trans Fatty Acids
Includes recommendations on the use of butter and margarine as well as descriptions of the different types of fats, also known as fatty acids.
www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4776
- Questions and Answers on Trans Fat Proposed Rule
1999 report explaining the composition of trans fats and proposed label standards. From the FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/qatrans.html
- FDA Consumer: Revealing Trans Fats
Provides information about trans fats plus tips for decreasing consumption of saturated fat, trans fat, and cholesterol within a nutritionally adequate diet.
www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2003/503_fats.html
- Time for Kids: What's Really Inside an Oreo?
Briefly examines Stephen Joseph's lawsuit against Kraft Foods because of the trans fat content in Oreos.
www.timeforkids.com/TFK/news/story/0,6260,452372,00.html
- Take the Trans Fat Out of New York
Campaign by the New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Explains what trans fats are and recommends that New York City restaurants remove trans fat from food served.
www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/cardio/cardio-transfat.shtml
- Discovery Health: Trans Fats
Describes the type of fat which occurs naturally in eggs and dairy products and is created by the hydrogenation of vegetable oil.
health.discovery.com/encyclopedias/illnesses.html?article=1942&page=1
- Ban Trans Fats
Campaign to eliminate the use of partially hydrogenated oils in all food products. Features information about trans fats, companies that have removed trans fats from their products, and more.
www.bantransfats.com
- Wikipedia: Trans Fat
Explains what trans fatty acid, commonly shortened to trans fat, is and describes the health issues surrounding it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_fat
- Questions and Answers about Trans Fat Nutrition Labeling
Provides an overview to help people understand how to use the declaration of trans fatty acids in the nutrition label of conventional foods and dietary supplements. From the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/qatrans2.html
- In the Matter of Food Labeling: Trans Fatty Acids in Nutrition Labeling, Nutrient Content Claims and Health Claims; Reopening of the Comment Period
2002 report featuring background information and scientific evidence.
www.ftc.gov/be/v030003.htm
- TFA Settlement Information Website
Provides the terms of a settlement of two cases related to McDonalds' use of trans fatty acids (TFAs) to cook food.
www.tfasettlement.com
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