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Do you think i should be concerned with calories or calories from fat, when reading nutrition fact labels?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Both: Fat calories are important as it is 9 calories per gram of fat and only some types of fat are healthy. Total calories are important because - if you take in more calories than you burn you can gain weight.

Answered 4/22/2013

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