Overly restricting the fat intake of infants may lead to failure to thrive. Infants depend on dietary fat and cholesterol for formation of
a. energy stores and bones.
b. brain and bones.
c. brain and nerve tissue.
d. energy stores and nerve tissue.
C
Infants need dietary fat and cholesterol for formation of brain and nerve tissue. Fat makes an important contribution to energy stores, but energy can be obtained from carbohydrate and pro-tein. Bone formation is not dependent on dietary intake of fat and cholesterol.
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