Table 1. Articles included from a rapid review of the literature on palm oil and environment, consumer and health outcomes.

Author, Year	Type of article	Title
Edem, 200244	Review	Palm oil: biochemical, physiological, nutritional, hematological, and toxicological aspects: a review
Sundram et al., 200345	Reviewa	Palm fruit chemistry and nutrition
World Health Organization-Food & Agriculture Organization, 20039	Report	Joint WHO–FAO expert consultation on diet, nutrition, and the prevention of chronic diseasesb
Fitzherbert et al., 200846	Research	How will oil palm expansion affect biodiversity?
Mukherjee & Mitra, 20097	Review	Health effects of palm oil
Oguntibeju et al., 2009 47	Review	Red palm oil: nutritional, physiological and therapeutic roles in improving human wellbeing and quality of life
Bester et al., 201048	Research	Cardiovascular effects of edible oils: a comparison between four popular edible oils
Hayes et al., 201049	Review	Replacing trans fat: the argument for palm oil with a cautionary note on interesterification
Loganathan et al., 201050	Review	Health promoting effects of phytonutrients found in palm oil
Oyewole et al., 201051	Review	Public health nutrition concerns on consumption of red palm-oil (RPO): the scientific facts from literature
Persson et al., 201052	Research	Preserving the world's tropical forests – a price on carbon may not do
Chen et al., 20118	Systematic review	Multi-country analysis of palm oil consumption and cardiovascular disease mortality for countries at different stages of economic development: 1980–1997
Anonymous, 201253	Commentary	The other oil problem. The world’s growing appetite for cheap palm oil is destroying rain forests and amplifying climate change
Downs et al., 201354	Research	Reformulating partially hydrogenated vegetable oils to maximise health gains in India: is it feasible and will it meet consumer demand?
Fattore et al., 201455	Systematic review	Palm oil and blood lipid–related markers of cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of dietary intervention trials
Ho et al., 201456	Research	Impact of 2013 South Asian haze crisis: study of physical and psychological symptoms and perceived dangerousness of pollution level
May et al., 201457	Reviewa	Research advancements in palm oil nutrition: recent advancements in palm oil nutrition
Downs et al., 201558	Research	The need for multisectoral food chain approaches to reduce trans fat consumption in India
Hosseini et al., 201514	Research	Pollutant in palm oil production process
Mancini et al., 201559	Review	Biological and nutritional properties of palm oil and palmitic acid: effects on health
Odia et al., 201560	Review	Palm oil and the heart: a review
Sun et al., 20156	Meta-analysis	Palm oil consumption increases LDL cholesterol compared with vegetable oils low in saturated fat in a meta-analysis of clinical trials
Whitmee et al., 201512	Research	Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: report of The Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission on planetary health
Boateng et al., 201661	Review	Coconut oil and palm oil's role in nutrition, health and national development: a review
Crippa et al., 201662	Research	Population exposure to hazardous air quality due to the 2015 fires in Equatorial Asia
Koplitz et al., 201663	Research	Public health impacts of the severe haze in Equatorial Asia in September–October 2015: demonstration of a new framework for informing fire management strategies to reduce downwind smoke exposure
UNICEF Indonesia, 201664	Report	Palm oil and children in Indonesia: exploring the sector’s impact on children’s rightsb
Vijay et al., 20165	Research	The impacts of oil palm on recent deforestation and biodiversity loss
World Bank, 201611	Report	The cost of fire: an economic analysis of Indonesia’s 2015 fire crisisb
Hermes, 201765	Online media article	Lack of consumer demand for sustainable palm oilb
Karthik et al., 201710	Research	Understanding the Southeast Asian haze
Lebbie et al., 201766	Research	Predictors of hypertension in a population of undergraduate students in Sierra Leone
Loganathan et al., 201767	Reviewa	Health-promoting effects of red palm oil: evidence from animal and human studies
Paddison, 201768	Online media article	70% of brands in Malaysia and Singapore don’t disclose palm oil useb
Paterson et al., 201769	Review	Climate change affecting oil palm agronomy, and oil palm cultivation increasing climate change, require amelioration
Shankar et al., 201770	Stakeholder analysis	Policies for healthy and sustainable edible oil consumption: a stakeholder analysis for Thailand
Sheldon et al., 201771	Research	The impact of Indonesian forest fires on Singaporean pollution and health
Singh et al., 201772	Research	Prevalence and correlates of hypertension in a semi-rural population of Southern India
Coriakula et al., 201873	Research	The development and implementation of a new import duty on palm oil to reduce non-communicable disease in Fiji
Di Genova et al., 201874	Review	Pediatric age palm oil consumption
Gallardo et al., 201875	Research	Current and future effects of global change on a hotspot's freshwater diversity
Ismail et al., 201876	Systematic review	Systematic review of palm oil consumption and the risk of cardiovascular disease
Meijaard et al., 201813	Situation analysis	Oil palm and biodiversity: a situation analysis by the IUCN Oil Palm Task Force
Nicholas et al., 201877	Research	Palm oil in Myanmar: a spatiotemporal analysis of the effects of industrial farming on biodiversity loss
Sin Teh et al., 201878	Reviewa	sn-2 hypothesis: a review of the effects of palm oil on blood lipid levels
Palm Oil Investigations, accessed 201879	Online factsheet	Names for palm oilb
World Wildlife Fund, accessed 201880	Online factsheet	Palm oil: The hidden truth lurking in your homeb
World Wildlife Fund, accessed 201818	Online factsheet	Which everyday products contain palm oil?b

^a Denotes articles authored by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board.

^b Denotes grey literature – all other articles are from peer-reviewed sources.