Reformulating partially hydrogenated vegetable oils to maximise health gains in India: Is it feasible and will it meet consumer demand?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Downs, Shauna M ^a   Gupta, Vidhu ^b   Ghosh Jerath, Suparna ^b   Lock, Karen ^c   Thow, Anne Marie ^a   Singh, Archna ^b,d  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Dietary fat; Food industry; Nutrition policy; Public health nutrition; Trans fat

Indexed keywords

PALM OIL; TRANS FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; FAT INTAKE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEGISLATION, FOOD; PLANT OILS; TRANS FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 84889046147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1139     Document Type: Article

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