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Setting trans fat limits in Kenya could save thousands of lives and cut costs

18/10/2023

Thousands of deaths and heart attacks could be prevented - and billions of Kenyan shillings saved - if the country restricted trans fat in food to World Health Organization (WHO) limits, according to research by The George Institute for Global Health.1 Findings were published today in BMJ Global Health.

Trans fat limits in Kenya

Google could play a big role in protecting the health of American children

20/09/2023

Applying Google’s own nutrition advertising policy to the US market would slash the number of products from the country’s top 25 food and beverage manufacturers that could be marketed to children online, according to new research from The George Institute for Global Health.

Google role in protecting the health of children

Awareness of vaping risks key to reducing e-cigarette use among young people

07/08/2023

More education and tighter packaging regulation needed to minimise harm

Person holding an e-cigarette or vaping device with smoke surrounding it

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