Cutting the fat: KFC announced Monday that it was abandoning artery-clogging trans fats.

Recipe for disaster?: The announcement came as New York held a hearing on whether to strictly limit the artery-clogging fats in the nation’s restaurant capital. Without the changes, most of KFC’s menu would have been banned in New York under the proposal.

The diet: Trans fats are used in baked goods like cookies, crackers and doughnuts, as well as in deep frying. Americans consume an average of 4.7 pounds of trans fats a year.