The trouble with trans fat. Trans fat is a type of unsaturated fat that has no known health benefits, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). It exists in two forms—natural and ...

Most of the snacks we eat contain trans fat. The federal government will require food labels to identify the trans fats by the year 2006. <br><br>News on 6 consumer reporter Rick Wells says one ...

WASHINGTON -- Consumers are about to get a better idea of just how unhealthy some brands of potato chips, cookies, even margarines really are: Food labels will soon be required to reveal how much ...

WASHINGTON -- A U.S. consumer group sued the operator of the KFC fried chicken restaurant chain today to try and force it to stop frying foods in an artery-clogging fat. The Center for Science in ...

With the FDA phasing out the use of trans fats in foods, there are still some that contain the unhealthy ingredient. Click here for the gallery ...