20 percent of American children on a high risk of heart disease (Photo : Reuters)
A health data based on the review conclusions suggest that one out of five children in the U.S. has bad cholesterol reading.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention health researchers concluded a 2011-2014 medical review which says that 21 percent of American children and teenagers have abnormal blood cholesterol, CBS News reported. This would increase the risk for stroke and heart disease when adulthood approaches.
High levels of cholesterol that are unhealthy for the arteries reached 8 percent of children. Moreover, high levels of "total" cholesterol reached 7 percent of children.
43 percent of children who are obese have the tendency to get some form of "abnormal" cholesterol reading, the report said. CDC said obesity became the one of the features of this unhealthy cholesterol level reading trend on the young ages.
Cohen Children's Medical Center's preventive cardiology co-director Dr. Michael Pettei said that obesity epidemic is one of the features responsible for the abnormal cholesterol values trend. Moreover, Pettei said that -one-third of American children and adolescents are either obese or overweight, the report added.
Pettei added that it is important t have screening for cholesterol status of children including obesity prevention and management to reduce risk.
There is also difference in cholesterol reading between male and female. The research said that girls have high cholesterol levels than boys, Live Science reported.
Nine percent of girls experience high levels of total cholesterol, which is more than boys who are only 6 percent.
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