This is a very open-ended question, similar to "how long is a piece of string?" The answer depends on your goals (fat loss, maintenance, or fat gain for a minority of people). It also then depends on your energy output versus your energy input, and the speed of your metabolism.
If your goal is fat loss, then many leading fat loss nutritionists recommend that you reduce your fat intake to 30 grams per day. This is quite hard, but effective. However, you can screw this up quite well by increasing your carbohydrate intake (ie sugars & starches & grains), only because energy in vs energy out is what dictates your fatness. The fat free versions of most foods have just put more sugar in instead to keep you interested. Some endurance athletes comfortably take in 100 grams or more of dietary fat, because there energy output is high enough to burn it all up. For body fat maintenance and general good health, aim for somewhere between the two. You need fats to survive. Nerves and brains are made of fats. Never eliminate them completely.
If you have minimal energy output (you drive everywhere, you do no exercise and sit at a desk all day) your overall energy intake should be low too, which includes fats, proteins and carbohydrates. If one is high, then the other needs to be high too. When there is a surplus or a deficit, you will either gain or lose bodyfat.
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70g
around 30 grams.
30 grams.
40
400 grams on a 1200 gram diet
The suggested amount of fat would be about 65 grams per day for a 2000 calorie per day diet or 80 grams of fat per day for a 2500 calorie per day diet.
5 grams of fat per day for children
The average adolescent should consume no more than 65-70 grams of fat per day.
you should have no more that 50-60 grams a day, depending on the calorie intake 50 grams for 1,500 calories a day 60 grams for 1,800 calories a day
None!
20 grams for a 2000 calorie diet.