Cholesterol Awareness
Kids & Cholesterol
High Cholesterol in Children, Kids, Teens
Children, teens, and young adults can have high cholesterol, too. The roots of cardiovascular disease begin in childhood. Many parents don’t think about kids and cholesterol. In fact, childhood cholesterol levels weren't tracked until recently.
High cholesterol levels in kids are an underreported public health problem. Pediatricians have seen a significant increase in children with higher cholesterol levels, but most parents don't know about it, and most doctors don't test children's cholesterol levels.
It’s important to know your child's cholesterol level because children and teens with high cholesterol levels are more likely to continue to have high levels as adults, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. However, with simple lifestyle changes, many of these children can grow into adulthood with cholesterol levels under control.
As a parent, taking control of the situation can help your child grow up with healthy clear arteries. Start your children on a healthier road by ordering CLUE Bars immediately.
If you are a mom or dad who has to pack lunch boxes and make snacks for your children every day of the week use CLUE Bars for a healthy snack in those lunch boxes or after school. CLUE Bars are so good that even the child with picky eating habits will love them. CLUE Bars are a good, wholesome food to take to school and eat between meals, or after school. Dietitian Kirsten Straughan, author of Lean Mom, Fit Family, uses CLUE Bars for a cookie substitute.
CLUE Bars taste delicious... just like cookie dough! They're low fat, sweetened with fruit juice, and just 175 calories. Slip them into their lunch boxes.
In the summer of 2002 an American Heart Association committee began recommending that doctors start measuring children’s blood pressure at age 3 and blood cholesterol at age 5. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends cholesterol tests for children age 2 or older if their parents or grandparents had heart disease or vascular disease before age 55, or if their parents have cholesterol levels of 240 or higher.