WHO draft guidelines on dietary saturated and trans fatty acids: Time for a new approach?

A, Astrup; H.C.S. Bertram; J.P. Bonjour; L.C.P. de Groot; M.C. De Oliveira Otto; E.L. Feeney; M.L. Garg; I. Givens; F.J. Kok; R.M. Krauss; B. Lamarche; J.M. Lecerf; P. Legrand; M.C. Mckinley; R. Micha; M.C. Michalski; D Mozaffarian; S.S Soedamah-Muthu

doi:10.1136/bmj.l4137

WHO draft guidelines on dietary saturated and trans fatty acids: Time for a new approach?

A, Astrup^*, H.C.S. Bertram, J.P. Bonjour, L.C.P. de Groot, M.C. De Oliveira Otto, E.L. Feeney, M.L. Garg, I. Givens, F.J. Kok, R.M. Krauss, B. Lamarche, J.M. Lecerf, P. Legrand, M.C. Mckinley, R. Micha, M.C. Michalski, D Mozaffarian, S.S Soedamah-Muthu

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The 2018 WHO draft guidelines on dietary saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids recommend reducing total intake of saturated fat and replacing it with polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fatty acids
The recommendations fail to take into account considerable evidence that the health effects of saturated fat varies depending on the specific fatty acid and on the specific food source
Maintaining general advice to reduce total saturated fatty acids will work against the intentions of the guidelines and weaken their effect on chronic disease incidence and mortality
A food based translation of the recommendations for saturated fat intake would avoid unnecessary reduction or exclusion of foods that are key sources of important nutrients

Original language	English
Article number	4137
Number of pages	6
Journal	BMJ, British Medical Journal
Volume	366
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l4137
Publication status	Published - 2019

Keywords

18 COUNTRIES
ASSOCIATION
CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE
CHOCOLATE CONSUMPTION
LIPIDS
METAANALYSIS
MORTALITY
NUTRIENTS
PREVENTION
RISK

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Astrup, A., Bertram, H. C. S., Bonjour, J. P., de Groot, L. C. P., De Oliveira Otto, M. C., Feeney, E. L., Garg, M. L., Givens, I., Kok, F. J., Krauss, R. M., Lamarche, B., Lecerf, J. M., Legrand, P., Mckinley, M. C., Micha, R., Michalski, M. C., Mozaffarian, D., & Soedamah-Muthu, S. S. (2019). WHO draft guidelines on dietary saturated and trans fatty acids: Time for a new approach? BMJ, British Medical Journal, 366, [4137]. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l4137

Astrup, A, ; Bertram, H.C.S. ; Bonjour, J.P. ; de Groot, L.C.P. ; De Oliveira Otto, M.C. ; Feeney, E.L. ; Garg, M.L. ; Givens, I. ; Kok, F.J. ; Krauss, R.M. ; Lamarche, B. ; Lecerf, J.M. ; Legrand, P. ; Mckinley, M.C. ; Micha, R. ; Michalski, M.C. ; Mozaffarian, D ; Soedamah-Muthu, S.S. / WHO draft guidelines on dietary saturated and trans fatty acids : Time for a new approach?. In: BMJ, British Medical Journal. 2019 ; Vol. 366.

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Astrup, A, Bertram, HCS, Bonjour, JP, de Groot, LCP, De Oliveira Otto, MC, Feeney, EL, Garg, ML, Givens, I, Kok, FJ, Krauss, RM, Lamarche, B, Lecerf, JM, Legrand, P, Mckinley, MC, Micha, R, Michalski, MC, Mozaffarian, D & Soedamah-Muthu, SS 2019, 'WHO draft guidelines on dietary saturated and trans fatty acids: Time for a new approach?', BMJ, British Medical Journal, vol. 366, 4137. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l4137

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In: BMJ, British Medical Journal, Vol. 366, 4137, 2019.

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WHO draft guidelines on dietary saturated and trans fatty acids: Time for a new approach?

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