Fat

Fat is important to your growing child in order to help his body absorb vitamins A, D, E and K, and to supply essential fatty acids. When children need lots of energy. Very active children need lots of energy and will need moderate amounts of fat in their diet to meet that need. Fat is also essential for hormone production and sources of fat usually contain increased iron, protein and calcium. But this does not mean that you can allow your child to go overboard on junk and sources high in saturated fats (these should make up no more than 10 per cent of his total calorie intake). Fats should be primarily mono-unsaturated or polyunsaturated and should make up no more than 30 per cent of his total calorie intake.