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Chapter 6 Fats and Other Lipids
Assessment: Evaluating Your Fat Intake
1 to 2
3 to 5
Rarely or
Times/
Times/
Do you consume:
Never
Week
Week
Daily
1. Bacon, hot dogs, sausage, salami, bologna,
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or other fatty luncheon meat?
2. Whole milk?
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3. 2% milk?
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4. Ice cream or milkshakes?
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5. Sour cream or cream cheese?
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6. Fatty cuts of pork or beef?
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7. Hard cheeses, like cheddar or Swiss?
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8. Breaded and fried meat, fi sh, seafood, or
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poultry?
9. French fries, home fries, hash browns, or
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hush puppies?
10. Gravy, cheese sauce, or cream-based sauce?
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11. Chips, buttered popcorn, “rinds, ” or other
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greasy snack foods?
12. Biscuits, croissants, doughnuts, Danish
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pastries, pies, cakes, or cookies?
13. Regular salad dressing or mayonnaise?
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14. Cream in your coff ee or tea?
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15. Pizza, egg rolls, or refried beans?
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16. Creamed soups such as cream of potato
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soup or New England clam chowder?
TOTAL
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Scoring: Add points in each column and then add those fi gures together. (The higher the total
points, the higher your fatty food intake.)
My “Fat Score” is ______
If your score is 30 or more: Your fat intake is probably too high. Note which high-fat foods you
eat more than three times per week. Consider reducing your intake of these items and replac-
ing them with low-fat foods.
C R I T I C A L T H I N K I N G
1. Think about your risk of atherosclerosis and CVD. Are you
4. Prepare a pamphlet that provides information about risk factors
concerned about your risk? Explain why or why not. If you are
for CVD. In addition to English, you may prepare the pamphlet
concerned, discuss steps you can take to reduce your risk of ath-
in Spanish, French, Vietnamese, or another modern language.
erosclerosis and CVD.
5. Develop a lesson for middle-school-aged children that describes
2. Do you avoid fried foods and look for “lite” and “fat-reduced”
atherosclerosis and the role that personal choices (lifestyles) play
foods when shopping for groceries? If your answer is “no,” ex-
in the development of the disease.
plain why.
6. If you drink alcohol, use Table 6.9 to assess your alcohol consump-
3. Plan a meal that supplies 20 to 35% of energy from fat. The meal
tion habits. After taking this assessment, ask yourself if you are abusing
should include foods from the major food groups and provide
alcohol. If your answer is yes, what aspects of your behavior make you
700 to 900 kcal.
an alcohol abuser? What can you do to obtain help?
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