Petition against trans fats in our daily food pattern.


We would like to remind you that almost 20% of the population has a high blood pressure, 29 % is overweight, 32% smokes daily, 41% has to little exercise and 63% has a too high cholesterol level.

 

Everyone knows the proverb: “An apple a day keeps the doctor away". This proverb perfectly illustrates that we should eat more healthily and avoid trans fats in our daily meals.

 

As a rough guideline we can allege that saturated fats (trans fats) are solidified (firm) at room temperature and are mainly of animal origin.

 

Trans fats silt up the vessels, which increases the risk of heart and vascular diseases, even at a young age.

 

With this letter we would like to ask the government to:

 

  

 

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  1. Limit the amount of trans fats in vegetal oils and soft, spreadable margarines to maximum 2% of the total fat content

  2. Limit the amount of trans fats for all other food products to 5% maximum of the total fat content, including ingredients which are being sold to restaurants

* VZW Hartziekte respects your privacy. Your personal details will be handed to the competent authorities as part of this petition and under no circumstance will they be used for commercial purposes.

 

The companies and supermarkets which already fulfil the two conditions above, can use the European-wide registered cardio label. That way, the consumer can choose consciously for healthy products.

 

After some research we can confirm that several products comply with those standards. However, decisive measures are still needed.

 

This petition started on the 1st of October 2009 and will be handed to the Minister for Health on the 1st of February 2010. We hope we will gather about 80,000 votes, up to now we have a total of 3874

 

Thank you in advance for your VOTE !!

 

 

Het Vlaams Agentschap voor Personen met een Handicap (VAPH) is een Intern Verzelfstandigd Agentschap (IVA). Het behoort, binnen de overheid, tot het beleidsdomein welzijn, Volksgezondheid en Gezin.

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