Mandatory trans fat labeling regulations and nationwide product reformulations to reduce trans fatty acid content in foods contributed to lowered concentrations of trans fat in Canadian women's breast milk samples collected in 2009-2011

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1036-1040

  Ratnayake, W M Nimal ^a   Swist, Eleonora ^a   Zoka, Rana ^a   Gagnon, Claude ^a   Lillycrop, William ^b   Pantazapoulos, Peter ^b  

^a Health Canada and World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MILK FAT; TRANS FATTY ACID; MARGARINE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CANADA; CANADIAN; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD PACKAGING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MILK LEVEL; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CATERING SERVICE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD HANDLING; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY;

CANADA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD LABELING; HUMANS; MARGARINE; MILK, HUMAN; PLANT OILS; RESTAURANTS; TRANS FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 84907259257     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.078352     Document Type: Article

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