Early Growth Spurts.. Bad Cholesterol

British researchers reported that children, who are tall as toddlers or grow fast during their teenage years are more likely to have lower cholesterol levels as adults. However, people who gain excess weight after age fifteen run a higher risk of higher cholesterol levels, according to the study. "Children who grew more slowly in height in the first two years of life had higher total cholesterol levels in adulthood. And those who had a high body mass index in adulthood also had higher levels of total cholesterol," said lead author Paula Skidmore, a researcher at the School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice at the University of East Anglia, in Norwich. For the study, Skidmore's team collected data on 2,311 men and women who participated in the Medical Research Council long term study. Skidmore said it's "vital that parents are aware of the importance of nutrition in pregnancy and childhood." I found this article interesting because taking care of our health, as early as in our childhood years, can be closely linked to the way our health turns out be in the future, as an adult.

Source:http://health.msn.com/centers/cholesterol/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100157013