What Do You Mean By Body Fats in Biology?
What are the Effects of Fat Deficiency?
- Dryness of the skin,
- Swelling of the foot and leg,
- Eczema of the children,
- Toad skin or phrenoderma,
- Indigestion,
- Constipation,
- Acidosis,
- Coma e.g. Diabetic coma,
- Gall bladder, urinary bladder, etc.
Some problems can arise due to excess fat in the body. Those are-
1. Obesity:
Obesity occurred when a fat-rich diet is taken. In fatty people, adipose tissue may increase up to 30%.
2. Heart Disease:
High fat intake is the major risk factor of coronary heart disease (CHD).
3. Cancer:
High-fat diets increase the risk of colon cancer and breast cancer.
Guidelines for Choosing Healthy Fats:
If we are concerned about our weight or heart health rather than avoiding fat in our diet, try replacing trans fats and saturated fats with good fats. This might mean replacing fried chicken with fresh fish, swapping come off the meat we eat with beans and legumes or using olive oil rather than butter.
- Try to eliminate trans fats from your diet. Check food labels for trans fats. Avoiding commercially baked goods goes a long way. Also, limit fast food.
- Limit our intake of saturated fats by cutting back on red meat and full-fat dairy foods. Try replacing red meat with beans, nuts, poultry, and fish whenever possible and switching from whole milk and other full-fat dairy foods to lower fat versions.
- Eat omega-3 fats every day. Good sources include fish, walnuts, ground flax seeds, flaxseed oil, canola oil, and soybean oil.
Daily Fat Requirements for Different Age:
- For an adult, it needs 20gm daily,
- For pregnant women, it needs 4.5 gm daily,
- For lactating mother, it needs 6gm daily,
- For young children, it needs 25gm daily,
- For the infant, it needs 6gm daily.
More questions related to this article:
- What do you mean by fat in biology?
- Mention some effects of fat deficiency.
- List some adverse effects of lack of fat.
- What kinds of problems may arise due to lack of fat deficiency?
- What are the demerits of taking excess fat in the diet?
- Point out some demerits of fat on the body.
- What type of problems can arise due to excess fat intake?
- List the daily requirements of fat.
- Present the daily fat requirements in different aged people.
- Present the general guidelines for choosing healthy fats.
Maria Khatun Mona is a Founder and Editor of Nursing Exercise Blog. She is a Nursing and Midwifery Expert. Currently she is working as a Registered Nurse at Evercare Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh. She has great passion in writing different articles on Nursing and Midwifery. Mail her at “[email protected]”
