WASHINGTON — A major change in the national diet is under way: Heart-damaging trans fat is rapidly disappearing from grocery aisles and restaurant food, too. But are its replacements really healthier?

The World Health Organization wants to eliminate artificial trans fats from the global food supply and has a step-by-step strategy on how to do so by 2023. On Monday, the WHO launched an initiative ...

WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration is beginning a process that will take artificial trans fat entirely out of the food supply, a move hailed as "lifesaving" by health experts. FDA is ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many snack foods and spreads on the market are now free of artery-clogging trans fat, but consumers still need to be savvy label-readers, according to researchers. Sign up ...

The FDA deemed trans fats unsafe in 2015, and gave companies until June 18, 2018 to eliminate the ingredient. But Monday marked the end of the once-prevalent ingredient following the Food and Drug ...

World Health Organization partners with Resolve to Save Lives to recognise countries working to remove industrially produced trans fat from their national food supplies. In recognition of their ...

WASHINGTON — Heart-clogging trans fats have been slowly disappearing from grocery aisles and restaurant menus in the last decade. Now, the Food and Drug Administration is finishing the job. The FDA ...

Last month, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill banning the use trans fats in California restaurants. Fast Food Maven and Orange County Register reporter Nancy Luna explains the bill's impact ...

Trans-fatty acids (TFA) are a major cause of cardiovascular diseases. These harmful fats can accumulate along artery walls, restricting blood flow and increasing the risk of heart attacks. According ...

BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed banning artificial trans fats in processed food ranging from cookies to frozen pizza, citing the risk of heart ...