1.   Excess body fat is a health hazard.

2.   Fats are the most fattening foods of all.

3.   Fats are very high in calories and so eating too many fat-rich foods could cause weight gain.

4.   For the average distance runner fat is about as much use as a pocket watch.

5.   In other words, dietary fat is absorbed through the intestine in the form of chylomicrons.

6.   Nutritionists warn that artificial fat is no magic elixir for weight loss.

7.   Some fats are more important than others such as the fat found in oily fish.

8.   The fat can be rendered down and used for cooking.

9.   Your extra fat may be more of a health risk than you realize.

10.   Fats are solid at room temperature, and oil is liquid at room temperature.