Very high triglycerides can be caused by poor diet and not enough exercise. You may also have inherited very high triglycerides from a parent. Your doctor will tell you how to manage your triglycerides. If your weight is higher than what is considered healthy, losing even 5 pounds may help lower your triglycerides.
WORD likes it un-hyphenated but I don't. Long-term should be hyphenated but longtime should not be hyphenated, at least until a few more decades pass and the grammatical rules for the use of hyphens either relax or fade away. Here is part of an erudite commentary on this subject:
Words that are always hyphenated would be found in a dictionary. _____________________. A compound word is simply two or more words joined to create a new word with a meaning different from any of the individual words. There are compounds nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs. A few examplesâ.