VIDEO EXPLAINS HOW TO TREAT HIGH CHOLESTEROL IN CHILDREN AND RECENT PEDIATRIC ACADEMY RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT CHOLESTEROL

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The topic of cholesterol in children is a hot button topic though not on the same level as the possible role of vaccines in autism. Nevertheless, the pediatric doctor group, AAP came out with new recommendations for treating children with cholesterol and it was like throwing a match onto a kerosene soaked rag. The flames of controversy erupted with one doctor saying he felt embarrassed for the Academy of Pediatrics. He was referring to the suggestion by the nation’s leading pediatric group "that certain high-risk children as young as 8 may also be put on statin therapy, the statins are the most powerful and widely used cholesterol lowering medicine just like Mom, Dad and Grandpa".

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"But the doctors who wrote the guidelines say they have been largely misunderstood. They say that far from leading to widespread use of statin drugs by children, the guidelines target the small percentage of children with genetic cholesterol problems or those with several worrisome risk factors, like obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes".



Watch this video by a doctor at Harvard Medical School who discusses high cholesterol in children and what to do about it. He say exercise and diet are still the choice for most children.



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