Describe the functions of fat in the body. Objectives for Chapter 5 6. Define the dietary recommendations for total fat, the essential fatty acids, cholesterol, and trans fat.7. Identify the major food sources of the different types of fats, including the essential fatty acids, saturated fats, and trans fats.8. Compare the different fat substitutes currently used in food products.9.
Hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic coma  (HHNKC) is an extremely serious complication of type 2 diabetes, most often occurring in those who are non-insulin dependent. HHNKC can happen to people with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes that is not being controlled properly, but it occurs more often in people with type 2.
Diagnosis, Workup and Treatment. This patient with gradual, painless, blurred vision OD was found to have a unilateral hyperopic shift of 1.5 D from an underlying choroidal mass. The differential diagnosis for a unilateral hyperopic shift includes mechanisms that flatten the cornea, shift the lens posteriorly, or shift the retina anteriorly. In this case, there was an amelanotic choroidal mass that shifted the retina anteriorly.