This is so sad, they’re talking about 12-19 year olds!
One in five American adolescents has unhealthy cholesterol and triglyceride levels, suggesting that targeted screening of youths would be a good idea, CDC researchers said.
Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 1999 to 2006 indicated that 20.3% (95% CI 18.0% to 22.8%) of participants 12 to 19 years old had higher-than-normal levels of LDL cholesterol or triglycerides, or low levels of HDL cholesterol, according to Ashleigh L. May and colleagues at the CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
They also found that about a third of American youths would be candidates for lipid screening on the basis of body mass index (BMI) value, under guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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I heard this on the news last night. Frightening.
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This is a huge problem! The sedentary habits, the fast food, the easy life full of creature comforts, the lack of exercise… no wonder this will be the first generation to not live as long as their parents. Really, very, very sad! Is there something we can do as individuals to turn this around?
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It may not be because of what the teens are eating, your body automatically makes it own cholesterol, which is my problem…..not the foods I eat………and I cannot take any drug for this problem because of my liver problems, and other drugs I need to take.
I do think though that most people in the states do eat a lot of fast foods, not thinking of the rainbow they should be eating.