Today while surfing the web I came across the following headline “Future Heart Disease May Be in Store for Obese Kids”.

It immediately caught my attention because for all of the gains we have made over the past few decades to reduce heart disease and high cholesterol.

Future generations of kids face the real possibly of undoing all of the gains made in the area of cholesterol reduction and heart disease simply because they are too fat.

I know using the word “fat” may be offensive to some and obese sounds better and I offer no apology for saying it. Lets’ get real here childhood is the time in all of our lives for fun, good times, memory making, etc. It shouldn’t be a time used unknowing to hasten our death later in life. Every obese child is slowly and unwittingly increasing his or her odds of developing heart disease.

But, there is an alternative outcome should you as the parent of an obese child or you as that obese person this article is addressing should consider. Lose weight or help your kid to lose weight and improve their health. I have seen it time and time again, an obese or overweight person suffering with various health problems slowly notice those health problems decrease as the weight comes off.

Will it be easy? No. Is it worth it? You bet it is, your physical health and mental health will improve dramatically. You will spend less money on medication, clothing everything and you will feel better in the long run.

You can reduce your familys’ of Heart disease and high cholesterol by adopting a low cholesterol diet, exercising several times a week and committing to helping yourself and your children to lose weight.

Our children don’t have to face a future with increasing heart disease in their plans we can take steps today to help them to avoid a very unpleasant and costly health problem. Do it now, don’t delay.