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Article: Teens' cholesterol levels down 4% compared with a generation ago But study finds only 1 in 6 children eat heart-healthy diets
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- December 21, 1998
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Teenagers' cholesterol levels are inching downward, says a study
comparing today's teens to those of the late 1960s. The government
calls the 4% drop impressive because it gives teens a better chance
at healthy adulthood.
Even so, only one in six children eats a heart-healthy diet.
"The drop . . . doesn't necessarily knock your socks off,"
acknowledged James Cleeman, the study's co-author and the
cholesterol coordinator for the National Institutes of Health. "But
if (teens) maintain a seven-point lower cholesterol for a lifetime,
that can make a big difference."
Unfortunately, cholesterol matters even to children. Heart
disease is the nation's leading killer, and autopsies of children ...