| Parts of adolescent’s body are filled with a waxy | | | | therapeutic plan to increase HDL in the blood stream. |
| stuff identified as cholesterol. It helps to produce | | | | Cholesterol screening helps to determine the |
| vitamin D, cell membranes and certain hormones. | | | | cholesterol and fat levels in the blood. Children and |
| Blood cholesterol comes from two different sources, | | | | adolescents with normal cholesterol level is a thing of |
| liver within the body and food. The adolescent’s | | | | the past. Because of the changing lifestyle and junk |
| liver produces enough cholesterol to carry out proper | | | | food trend, even they have a high risk to develop |
| functioning. | | | | high levels of cholesterol which also increases the risk |
| The blood acts as the carrier of cholesterol and | | | | of developing heart diseases which can affect the |
| transports it to different parts of the body. They are | | | | blood vessels and the coronary arteries. The main |
| transported in round particle form known as | | | | cause of this change is obesity, junk food high in fat, |
| lipoproteins. There are two types of lipoproteins | | | | fast food diets, sedentary lifestyle and high |
| called the low density lipoproteins or LDL and high | | | | cholesterol level in family history. Keeping the blood |
| density lipoproteins or HDL. Low density lipoprotein or | | | | cholesterol levels at normal is a good way of avoiding |
| LDL cholesterol is commonly known as bad | | | | high blood pressure and coronary artery diseases. |
| cholesterol. It helps in the building up of plaque in | | | | The blood cholesterol level can vary from individual to |
| arteries and this condition is known as atherosclerosis. | | | | individual. Healthy levels of LDL is less than one |
| The LDL level must be low in the blood and if it is | | | | hundred and thirty milligrams, HDL is greater than |
| high it must be decreased. Healthy weight must be | | | | thirty five milligrams. If the HDL is less than thirty five |
| maintained and exercise should be done regularly. | | | | milligrams then the adolescent is at a higher risk of |
| Food items which have high contents of calories, | | | | developing heart diseases. And LDL more than one |
| dietary cholesterol and saturated fat must be | | | | hundred and thirty milligrams is dangerous. But a high |
| avoided. | | | | level of LDL cholesterol is a problem in many citizens |
| High density lipoprotein or HDL cholesterol is the good | | | | of America. And there is an expected increase in |
| cholesterol. It is actually a kind of fat in blood which | | | | number, the figure is unknown, of adolescents who |
| helps to remove bad cholesterol from the body and | | | | have a family history of high cholesterol levels. |
| stops the build up of plaque in the arteries. The more | | | | An adolescent or a child who has a parent having high |
| the HDL cholesterol in the blood the better it is. The | | | | levels of blood cholesterol and family history of heart |
| HDL can be raised by at least twenty minutes of | | | | diseases at an early age, should take cholesterol test |
| exercising daily, decreasing body mass and keeping | | | | from the age of two. Adolescents who are obese |
| away from food with saturated fat. Some | | | | also should have lipid test along with cholesterol test. |
| adolescents need to take medications in order to | | | | The lipid test shows levels of kinds of fats in blood |
| increase HDL. In such cases, increasing HDL can be a | | | | such as triglycerides, LDL and HDL. |
| complicated procedure and the physician can make a | | | | |