PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Fats (23 June 2015)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of trans-fats consumption on public health.
Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Answer
In 2007, the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition examined the scientific evidence on trans fats and health. The Committee endorsed the recommendation, made in 1994, that the average trans fat intake of the population should not exceed 2% of food energy.
The most recent National Diet and Nutrition Survey indicates that the United Kingdom’s current average trans fat intakes are about 0.7 - 0.8% of food energy for children and adults.
Answered by:
Jane Ellison (Conservative)
29 June 2015
Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.