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Emphasizes the Importance of LDL-Cholesterol Monitoring, LDL Goal Attainment and Shared Decision Making Between Patients and Provider

NEW YORK — Yesterday, the National Lipid Association (NLA) released the Full Report of its Part One Recommendations for Patient-Centered Management of Cholesterol based on a panel of independent experts, published in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology. The Full Report follows the Executive Summary that was released in September 2014 that incorporated feedback from key stakeholders.

Expert Panel Re-affirms the Importance of Setting Cholesterol Goals for the Prevention of Heart Attack and Stroke

Increasing obesity is one the most important healthcare problems in United States and has become a major focus of recent government initiatives to improve the health of the country.
The serious effects of obesity are even greater in Indians and other South Asians especially in the case of obesity around the waist. Although, Body Mass index (BMI) is the commonest measure of obesity we now know that a more dangerous type of obesity is “Abdominal Obesity”. “Abdominal”, sometimes called “central”, obesity which is best measured by waist size.