Low fat diets are a bad idea for children
Aug. 18th, 2007 10:53 amGrowing children need fat, including sat fat, in their diets. Up to 35 percent of calories from fat is perfectly fine for toddlers and even teenagers. And adult women have a slightly higher need for fat in the diet than men do. Interesting stuff in this age of hysteria over dietary fat:
http://www.nutritionj.com/content/6/1/19/abstract
http://www.nutritionj.com/content/6/1/19/abstract