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A healthy teenage boy may have a higher calorie intake of about 2,200 calories per day; about 61 to 86 g of fat should be consumed. Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/399246-a-teen-needs-how-many-grams-of-fat-per-day/#ixzz2QFhZ92Aj. For both teenage boys and girls, 5 to 6 tsp. of fat are recommended daily. Fat can't always be measured by the teaspoon, however, so it is easier to think of fat in actual percentages.
According to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010, sedentary teen girls ages 13 to 18 need about 1,600 to 1,800 calories a day, while sedentary teen boys within the same age range require about 2,000 to 2,400 calories daily to maintain healthy body weights.