[bert]

The pertinent factor omitted is how much do you weigh and how tall are you?

The article is directed at kids who are seriously overweight.

I work with a young man who is 350 at least and only about 25. I'll guarantee he doesn't have the great numbers you have. His kids are very young and he will likely not see them graduate unless he looses a lot of weight.

[agere_contra]

Cholesterol is a proxy indicator without any particular correlation to morbidity.

Heart patients don't die from high cholesterol. They die from artery blockages (caused by plaque made from inflammatory debris, not cholesterol). Your work-colleague isn't going to be saved by statins but (possibly) by a change of diet and routine.

The article is aimed at high cholesterol kids, not fat kids. These are youngsters who may be perfectly healthy and may also be perfectly lean, but have a particular proxy indicator that means it's ok to force-feed them with liver-destroying statins. It's grotesque!

[agere_contra]

Sorry, slight amendment

You’re right: the article IS aimed at fat kids, but the drive will be on high cholesterol kids. And the threshold of badness will drop every year :0(