Trans Fat Levels Among U.S. Youth Fell From 1999 to 2010

To reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, USDA and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services included a recommendation in their 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans to limit the intake of trans fats. Additionally, since 2006, the Federal Government has required that food manufacturers declare the trans-fat content of foods on the Nutrition Facts labels of packaged food products. In a 2012 report, USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS) researchers found evidence that food manufacturers responded to these two Federal initiatives by reformulating many of their products to eliminate or reduce trans-fat content over the 2005-10 period. According to a 2017 ERS study, U.S. adults ages 20 and older roughly halved their intake of trans fats on average between 1999 and 2010