Eliminating artificial trans fatty acids in Argentina: estimated effects on the burden of coronary heart disease and costs

• Principais autores: Adolfo Rubinstein (Autor), Natalia Elorriaga (Autor), Osvaldo U Garay (Autor), Rosana Poggio (Autor), Joaquin Caporale (Autor), Maria G Matta (Autor), Federico Augustovski (Autor), Andres Pichon-Riviere (Autor), Dariush Mozaffarian (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: The World Health Organization, 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Objective To estimate the impact of Argentine policies to reduce trans fatty acids (TFA) on coronary heart disease (CHD), disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and associated health-care costs. Methods We estimated the baseline intake of TFA before 2004 to be 1.5% of total energy intake. W...