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REDUCING FAT IN THE U.K. DIET — SOME LEGISLATIVE FACTORS
Author(s) -
FALLOWS STEPHEN J.,
WHEELOCK J. VERNER
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of consumer studies and home economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.775
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1470-6431
pISSN - 0309-3891
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-6431.1984.tb00412.x
Subject(s) - legislature , legislation , food science , fat substitute , business , saturated fat , dietary fat , subject (documents) , environmental health , medicine , political science , law , chemistry , endocrinology , computer science , cholesterol , library science
A high fat diet has been associated with a number of clinical conditions and it is recommended that the quantity of fat in the U.K. diet be reduced. Many foodstuffs of high fat content sold in the U.K. are subject to compositional regulations. The authors illustrate how the current regulations are acting to perpetuate the high fat nature of these food items and show how amendment of the legislation would be a useful strategy leading to a reduction in fat intake.