Call for UK trans fat ban

Banning artificial trans fats in the UK could prevent 11,000 heart attacks and 7,000 deaths a year, according to two senior doctors.

Writing in the British Medical Journal, the authors, from the Harvard School of Public Health, said that bans introduced in Denmark and New York City have shown that legislation can work to significantly reduce consumption of trans fatty acids, that there are adequate alternatives available, and that replacing trans fats does not necessarily result in increased consumption of saturated fat.