Meat

5.3 Meat and fat Meat, especially red meat has gained a bad reputation in terms of health and some still consider it to be a major source of saturated fat. Fatty meats are high in saturated fat but if meat is lean it is low in saturated fat. Compare the fat content of different meats in the graph below. Values are taken from the Australian Government Nutrient Composition Table (NUTTAB95). Activity

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Activity

Answer the following True/false questions (from graph)

1. Lean meats have less than 5 grams of total fat per 100 grams of meat.

True
False

2. Lean pork has less fat than lean beef, lamb or chicken.

True
False

3. Most of the fat found in lean beef is saturated fat.

True
False

4. Rabbit has more polyunsaturated fat than beef, lamb, pork or chicken.

True
False

5. Lean pork contains more mono-unsaturated fat than saturated fat.

True
False

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