The latest progress report on the World Health Organization’s REPLACE initiative to eliminate trans fat found that 43 countries have now implemented best-practice policies for tackling trans fat in food, with 2.8 billion people protected globally—a nearly six-fold increase in population coverage since WHO launched REPLACE in 2018. Despite this progress, this still leaves 5 billion people worldwide at risk from trans fat’s devastating health impacts. The report, which was developed with support from RTSL’s nutrition team, launched at a virtual event featuring remarks by our CEO and President Dr. Tom Frieden and WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Read the full report here.