The American Heart Association dietary guidelines for healthy American adults recommend a diet that
contains no more than 30% of Calories from fats and that the composition of those fats be <10% of
calories from saturated fatty acids (SFA), up to 10% from polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), and as
much as 15% from monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA). Using the NHANES 2017-2018 dataset
1) What percent of American adults (20 or older) consume less than 30% of their Calories from all
fats?
I am confused how to compare calories to fat rates
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