Lately Jennifer is hungry all the time. She read on a Web sitelast night that if she limits her total fat intake to no more than10% of her total calories, she can eat all the carbohydrates andprotein that she wants, and she won’t gain weight. So Jennifer wentright out to the yogurt shop down the street and ordered a largesundae with nonfat vanilla yogurt and fat-free chocolate syrup. Shehad to admit, though, that an hour or so after she ate it, she washungry again. Maybe it’s stress ...?
1. What do you think of Jennifer’s approach to her persistenthunger?
2. What have you learned in this chapter about the role of fatsthat might be important information for Jennifer to know?Ă‚Â Ă‚Â
3. What other physiological roles does fat play in the body?
