Kids are Getting Hardened Arteries Now?
When I read this news, I thought, boy, this is really a sure sign that obesity and childhood obesity is getting way out of hand for the US. Apparently doctors are now having to monitor kids who are overweight and obese now at earlier ages for signs of hardening of the arteries, something which usually only occurs after years and years of bad eating and other bad habits which result in high cholesterol.
The problem begins with a bad diet, but it can be further worsened by not having enough physical activity, which is also a problem US health officials are trying to address for today’s youth, encouraging and facilitating more outlets for our kid’s physical activities so that they can be fitter and maintain a reasonably healthy weight.
The other option, and I hope it does not come to this, is to give children with these risk factors cholesterol lowering drugs that are called statins if they don’t pass tests which test for cholesterol levels and blood lipid levels. Can you imagine if we have to start medicating out children for this? I say start with education. It’s the only way.
