Public health economic evaluation of different European Union–level policy options aimed at reducing population dietary trans fat intake.

摘要

Background: The adverse relation between dietary trans fatty acid(TFA) intake and coronary artery disease risk is well established.Many countries in the European Union (EU) and worldwide haveimplemented different policies to reduce the TFA intake of theirpopulations.Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the added value ofEU-level action by estimating the cost-effectiveness of 3 possibleEU-level policy measures to reduce population dietary TFA intake.This was calculated against a reference situation of not implementingany EU-level policy (i.e., by assuming only national or selfregulatorymeasures).