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Why is chicken low-fat and eggs high-fat?

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Why is chicken low-fat and eggs aren’t?
Nicky, Barnet

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Name: Subash, Beckenham
Qualification: Graduate in zoology
Answer: For the chick to grow, it needs lots of nourishment in its shell. That gets used up in the process of growing, so by the time it is a chicken.

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