HOw is unsaturated fat good for the body? Is Omega 3 fatty acid considered an unsaturated fat?

No fat is really "good" for the body, but unsaturated fats are better for you than saturated fats.

Unsaturated fats have double bonds between carbon atoms which produce kinks in the hydrocarbon chains. These kinks allow unsaturated fats to be liquids at room temperature.
More importantly, unsaturated fats won't solidfy on the walls of your arteries like saturated fats will. Consuming unsaturated fats instead of saturated ones will also lower cholesterol.

Omega 3 fatty acid is a polyunsaturated fat, meaning that it has more than one double bond in the hydrocarbon chain. So yes, it is a type of unsaturated fat.

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