Posted AT 9:46 AM EDT on 23/07/08
Lower kids' cholesterol the old-fashioned way
The American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendations earlier this month to prescribe cholesterol-lowering statin drugs to kids as young as 8 was met with harsh criticism by many health professionals.
As I mentioned last week, with no long-term safety data to back up the recommendations, critics can't fathom putting children on statins for decades. And some argue that prescribing these drugs is tantamount to giving up dietary avenues to lower cholesterol.
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