Hypercholesterolaemia

People are becoming increasingly aware of the dangers of obesity, poor diet and lack of exercise. One of the most common consequences of one or more of these factors is raised cholesterol. Seven out of 10 adults over the age of 45 have raised cholesterol and over half a million children in the UK are obese. This represents a very worrying statistic for the health of the nation's future adults and therefore a key topic for both underwriting and the general public. Raised cholesterol is one of the major causes of chronic heart disease and other related conditions affecting the heart and bl...