Intercountry regulatory capacity building virtual workshop to eliminate industrially produced trans-fatty acids, 2–3 December 2020
30 March 2021
| Report
Overview
| The contribution of trans fatty acids (TFA) to cardiovascular disease morbidity andmortality is well known and elimination of industrially produced TFA is a prioritytarget in the WHO’s 13th General Programme of Work. WHO Regional Office forSouth-East Asia collaborated with WHO HQ and Resolve To Save Lives to organizea regulatory capacity building workshop to accelerate actions implementingbest-practice policies for eliminating industrially produced TFA. The virtualintercountry workshop for the five countries in WHO South-East Asia Regioncontributes to country capacity on developing, implementing and enforcingregulatory actions to eliminate trans fats from diets. |
WHO Team
Nutrition,
SEARO Regional Office for the South East Asia (RGO)
Editors
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
Number of pages
36
Reference numbers
WHO Reference Number: SEA-NUT-198
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