Cholesterol levels are improving for American kids and teens, study shows
Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - 22:29
in Health & Medicine
Cholesterol levels in children and teens have improved, according to the latest analysis of U.S. health surveys, yet only half of them had readings considered ideal. Overall, 7% of kids had high cholesterol in surveys from 2009-16. That was down from 10% a decade earlier. In children, high levels...