In 2006, New York City (NYC) passed a pioneering law restricting the use of trans fat in chain restaurants. By carefully evaluating its policy experiment, NYC demonstrated the potential power of legal approaches to combat cardiovascular disease.
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Mello, M. Ejecting trans fat from New York City restaurants. Nat Rev Endocrinol 8, 633–635 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2012.177
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