Final answer:
The percent of calories from fat in a breakfast menu would likely be around 30%, following the American Heart Association recommendation and average dietary intake, which corresponds to option C in the question.
Step-by-step explanation:
To determine the percent of calories that come from fat in a breakfast menu, we need specific information about the menu itself, such as the total number of calories and the number of those calories that come from fat. However, there are various general guidelines we can reference. For example, the American Heart Association recommends that 30% or less of your daily calories come from fat. Also, we can consider that, on average, about 34% of the calories in an average American diet comes from fat. Specifically, Figure 1.8 on a dietary guideline suggests that recommended percentages of daily calories from the food group fats is 10% saturated fats and 20% unsaturated fats.
Using example information about a daily diet of 2000 Calories where the amount of fat recommended is 65 grams, and knowing fat has an average of 9.1 Calories/g, we can calculate the percentage as follows:
- Calories from fat = 65 g x 9.1 Calories/g = 591.5 Calories
- Percent of calories from fat = (591.5 Calories / 2000 Calories) x 100 = 29.575%, which we can round to 30%.
Therefore, if the breakfast menu followed similar nutritional guidelines, the percent of calories from fat in the breakfast menu would likely be around 30%, corresponding to option C.