The need for multisectoral food chain approaches to reduce trans fat consumption in India

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

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

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

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

Author keywords

Multisectoral policy; Product reformulation; Trans fat; Trans fat policy

Indexed keywords

FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID; TRANS FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COMMERCE; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDIA; TRANS FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 84937404288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1988-7     Document Type: Article

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