The reasoning behind the call is to prevent the beginning of heart disease later in life of children and that are common sources of cholesterol in children at higher levels. The reasoning behind the call is to prevent the beginning of heart disease later in life of children and that are common sources of cholesterol in children at higher levels.
As we know that having high cholesterol in the body can cause different problems, but cholesterol is sadly the main cause of atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, as it is a main reason of heart disease.
The new guidelines suggest that children in the strict sense, especially in the age group above, should be screened against the disease to keep them safe.
The above calls are one of the most important changes that have recently been done to existing guidelines that were set up in 1992 and originally called for the cholesterol check for those kids who had a family record of high level of cholesterol and heart disease.
"It's the old way was lost children who had high cholesterol levels," says Steve Daniels, MD, Ph. D., professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Daniels said of his side by saying that fatty streaks are generally an indication to the start of atherosclerosis in the first decade of life, as if nothing is done can at least develop into a dangerous accumulations of fat that can clog and harden the arteries in later life. Therefore, to protect the kids who undergo from such problems later in life, it is crucial that they are first examined.