Obesity Is A Poor Gauge For Detecting High Cholesterol Levels In Children

Friday, August 28, 2009 - 23:40 in Health & Medicine

With the epidemic of childhood obesity in the United States, there is concern that overweight and obese children need to be screened for chronic medical conditions, including high cholesterol levels. However, body fat is not an effective indicator of high cholesterol in children, according to new research.

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