The American Heart Association (AHA) recently came out in opposition of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed ban on trans fats in the city's restaurants, claiming the ban may force eateries to revert to oils high in unhealthy saturated fats.
"The American Heart Association is concerned that the ban of trans fat in restaurants in its current form may not be the best course of proposed action," the AHA said in written testimony obtained by the New York Post.
A broad range of medical groups -- including the American College of Cardiology, the American Cancer Society, the American Diabetes Association, the American Medical Association, the American Society of Hypertension, the Medical Society of New York and the New York Academy of Medicine -- have come out in support of Mayor Bloomberg's ban, which would require most New York restaurants to eliminate trans fats from their menus by next July.
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