What is Fat?
How much fat should we be eating?
Most people in the UK are eating approximately the right amount of fat each day although many are eating the wrong types of fat. The table below shows how much fat we should be eating in an average day.
| RECOMMENDED TOTAL FAT INTAKE i.e. 33% x 1,940 (kcals) = 640 (kcals) of fat per day |
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| Energy intake (EI) in calories | 35% x EI | Guideline Daily Amount (GDA) (g/d) |
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| Women | 1,940 kcal | 680 kcal | Approx 70 g/d |
| Men | 2,550 kcal | 892 kcal | Approx 95 g/d |
