As you have now learned, elevated blood cholesterol levels (especially LDL-cholesterol) are associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease, the primary cause of death in the United States. Because of its importance to public health and well-being, do you think there should be federal funding of blood cholesterol screening?
Individuals who are at high risk of having an elevated cholesterol level—children in particular—should have their cholesterol tested just as we have newborn testing for PKU and other, preventable diseases. Several agencies have formal guidelines for childhood testing of cholesterol. If parents with children diagnosed with high blood cholesterol were armed with factual information early in the child’s life, then perhaps we might envision a future with less obesity, diabetes mellitus, and early death from cardiovascular disease.
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