Vignette #2 Bob Is Committed to Losing Weight but Knows

question 33

Multiple Choice

Vignette #2 Bob is committed to losing weight but knows little about nutrition. He has heard his friends discussing types of fat, such as saturated and unsaturated. He has no idea what the terms mean or how they relate to his health and diet. He also has read that the most important improvement a person can make in his or her diet is to eat less cholesterol. Let's answer these questions and help Bob understand this topic better.
Bob knows he needs to take in fewer calories to lose weight. Bob should be aware that ____.

• A) individual food items eaten should contain less than 10 percent calories from saturated fat
• B) saturated fats lose approximately 30 percent of their calories when melted
• C) monounsaturated fats accumulate as adipose tissue primarily around the waist
• D) both saturated and unsaturated fats have nine calories per gram
• E) high intakes of nuts as snacks are encouraged by the American Medical Association

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