Evaluating progress and addressing actions to eliminate industrially produced trans-fatty acids in the Americas.
Objective. To evaluate the progress toward the 2023 target for the elimination of industrially produced transfatty acids (IP-TFA) in the Region of the Americas and to highlight the achievements of the four strategic lines of action from the Plan of Action for the Elimination of IP-TFA 2020-2025. Met...
| Published in: | Pan American Journal of Public Health Vol. 46; pp. 1 - 7 |
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2022
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=163418711&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 163418711 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10204989 55OA jtl: Pan American Journal of Public Health issn: 10204989 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2022 vid: 46 pid: 437 pub: World Health Organization artinfo: ui: 163418711 10.26633/RPSP.2022.130 ppf: 1 ppct: 6 formats: tig: atl: Evaluating progress and addressing actions to eliminate industrially produced trans-fatty acids in the Americas. aug: au: Rincón-Gallardo Patiño, Sofía Constantinou, Steven Gorlick, Carmen da Silva Gomes, Fabio affil: Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, United States of America su: World Health Organization Capacity building Food supply Trans fatty acids sug: subj: Capacity building Food supply World Health Organization Trans fatty acids keyword: Americas cardiovascular diseases food food policy Legislation trans fatty acids ácidos grasos trans Américas enfermedades cardiovasculares Legislación alimentaria política nutricional ácidos graxos trans América doenças cardiovasculares Legislação sobre alimentos Americas cardiovascular diseases food food policy Legislation trans fatty acids ácidos grasos trans Américas enfermedades cardiovasculares Legislación alimentaria política nutricional ácidos graxos trans América doenças cardiovasculares Legislação sobre alimentos ab: Objective. To evaluate the progress toward the 2023 target for the elimination of industrially produced transfatty acids (IP-TFA) in the Region of the Americas and to highlight the achievements of the four strategic lines of action from the Plan of Action for the Elimination of IP-TFA 2020-2025. Methods. A survey based on the World Health Organization (WHO) REPLACE package was used to collect data. The REPLACE package outlines six strategic action areas (Review, Promote, Legislate, Assess, Create, Enforce) to support the prompt, complete, and sustained elimination of IP-TFA from the food supply. Information was cross-checked and updated until December 2021. Results. Thirty countries in the Region responded to the survey between November 2019 and July 2020, an 85.7% response rate. As of December 2021, 21 additional indicators of the Regional Plan of Action were met, out of which, four consisted of new enactments of PAHO/WHO best practice policies for the elimination of IP-TFA by countries since baseline data was collected in 2018. This has resulted in a 63.0% increase in the proportion of the population in the Americas protected from consuming IP-TFA in 2021, compared to the baseline in 2018. Conclusion. Despite results showing progress in the Region, actions are needed to strengthen country capacity building and strategies to eliminate IP-TFA and fully achieve the 2023 goal. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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