Define Requirements of Fat in Postoperative Nutritional Care

Adequate amount of fat is needed to build up and maintain tissue fat reserves. Depending upon the existing health and nutrition status of the patient, fat may be incorporated in the diet to provide 15% to 30% of the total energy intake to prevent the deficiency of essential fatty acids and to meet the increased energy requirements particularly in the presence of glucose intolerance, Emulsified fats and medium chain triglycerides are generally well tolerated in the presence of sluggish gaslrointestinal function.