PT Health Watch: Why high cholesterol is easy to miss but dangerous to ignore
Similarly, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says high cholesterol often has no symptoms, making regular screening essential because many people only discover they have it after developing heart disease or suffering a stroke.
Although high cholesterol is often associated with older adults, health experts warn that changing lifestyles, unhealthy diets and physical inactivity are increasing the risk among younger people as well.
People with a family history of high cholesterol or early heart disease are also more likely to develop the condition.
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