What effects does a cholesterol-lowering diet have on obese children?
Obese children have been found to benefit from a cholesterol-lowering diet. According to a study by Murphy et al. (2009), an exercise intervention using Dance Dance Revolution was found to have a positive effect on endothelial function and other risk factors in overweight children. A focused lifestyle approach was also effective in reducing combined dyslipidemia in obese children (Pratt et al., 2014). A study by de Ferranti et al. (2015) also found that providing food to treat adolescents at risk for cardiovascular disease had a positive effect. Additionally, repeated dietary counseling between infancy and 14 years of age was shown to have an impact on dietary intakes and serum lipids and lipoproteins (Niinikoski et al., 2007). Finally, a placebo-controlled, blinded, randomized clinical trial of dietary flaxseed supplementation was found to be effective in pediatric hyperlipidemia (Wong et al., 2013). 