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SAN ANTONIO, Mar 05 (Reuters Health) - Any child whose weight goes up quickly might need to be screened for high cholesterol levels, a US researcher advises.
Dr. Darwin Labarthe, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that an increase of 1 kilogram of weight per meter of height squared raised cholesterol by 2 points. He said that if "weight gain occurs in childhood or adolescence, especially rapid increases in weight, I would recommend that the child be screened for cholesterol."
Currently, children have regular cholesterol monitoring only if they have a family history of high cholesterol and heart disease.
Moreover, Labarthe said that weight gains were also associated with increases in LDL, the so-called bad cholesterol.
The findings come from Project HeartBeat!, which enrolled 678 children living near Houston, Texas. The children were ages 8, 11 and 14 at the time of the first exam in 1991. They have been followed every 4 months for up to 4 years.
Labarthe presented the study Friday at the American Heart Association's 41st Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention.
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