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FDA orders elimination of trans fats within next three years

Season 2015 Episode 1670 | 4m 29s

The FDA has ordered the complete removal of trans fats from foods within the next three years. Dr. Walter Willett the Chair of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health discusses the effect this will have on Americans’ health and their favorite snacks.

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