Stop chewing the fat.

Australian Doctor,  February, 2007  

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THE BIG PICTURE by Professor Stephen Leeder.

TRANS fatty acids have hit the headlines. Getting rid of them is widely accepted as a good thing. The wonder is why it is taking so long to do so here in Australia.

When visiting Dr Tom Frieden, the dynamic chief health officer for New York City late last year, he told me enthusiastically about his plans, now implemented, to rid New York restaurants of most artificial trans fatty acids. He is the man who has made New York City almost smoke free. A voluntary code had not worked, and now, with Mayor Michael Bloomberg behind him, he ...

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