What's the big deal about trans fats?
Year in Review: Top 10 News Stories on Fats in 2006
By Fiona Haynes, About.com
New York City became the first city in the U.S. to ban trans fats in all its restaurants, from high-end eateries to fast-food joints. Restaurants will be banned from using most oils containing artificial trans fats by July 2007, and must eliminate artificial trans fats from all its foods by July 2008.
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