Fat - what kinds of food have fat in them? Why do people need to eat fat?

Fat

cheese

Fats are foods which store energy in case you need it later. Everybody needs some fat in their food or they will starve to death. Some foods which have a lot of fat in them are olive oil, nuts, meat, and butter and cheese.

To find out more about fats, check out this book from Amazon.com or from your library:

Nutrition: What's in the Food We Eat, by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent and William Munoz (1992). For kids.

Olive oil
Meat
Cheese


Carbohydrates
Proteins
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