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Those shown in italics are high in saturated fat

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Visible fats:
- add them before cooking or find them on food before they are cooked
- easy to limit or avoid

Invisible fats:
- contained within pre-packaged or pre-prepared food
- hard to reduce intake without avoiding the food or eating in very small portion

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In the body, fat functions as:
1. important depot for energy storage - your system turns to fat as a backup energy source when carbohydrates are not available
2. offers insulation and protection - fat cells, stored in adipose tissue, insulate your body and help sustain a normal core body temperature
3. plays important roles in regulating and signaling - essential for producing and regulating hormones, as well as sustaining nerve impulse transmission, memory storage, and tissue structure

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They have been connected with heart diseases despite not having any scientific basis.

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1. Fats are an important component in our bodies. Our nervous system is covered by sheaths of fat.
2. Fats contain vitamins such as D,A,K and E, which are antioxidants and are part of cell membranes.
3. Fat intake should account for 30 percent of our diet.
4. Fats are essential for brain development in children.
5. Not all fats are bad. Fats consist of unsaturated fat and saturated fat or animal fat or vegetable fat.

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- Monounsaturated FA
- Polyunsaturated FA
- Saturated FA
- Trans fat

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Fats are rich in energy, containing 2x as many kJ as carbohydrates or proteins. The energy value is 37 kJ/g or 9 calories per gram

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Fat: Maximum 30% of total energy intake per day = 70g/day

Saturated fat: less than 10% of total fat = less than 25g/day

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We intake fat from animals or plants