title: Low-fat diets for children: practicality and safety.
abstract: Despite our knowledge that atherogenesis begins in childhood and is attributable to dietary fat, pediatricians and dietitians generally frown on low-fat diets for children. It is the responsibility of clinicians to dispel the myths that make this conventional wisdom persist and encourage the adoption of a plant-based, low-fat diet. The consumption of adequate calories derived from plant-based foods will provide adequate minerals, protein, and calcium.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Attwood
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018752:Diet, Fat-Restricted; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D013649:Taste