It is important for us to continue to align ourselves with the broad consensus of leading global health organisations (eg American Heart Association). These organisations continue to include cholesterol as a cardiovascular disease risk factor.
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- Can I do single health assessment measurements at the health professional?
- Why was body fat percentage added as a metric?
- Why is my blood pressure tested in the health assessment?
- Why do you test my total cholesterol?
- Why does cholesterol form part of the Healthy Heart Score?
- Will my HDL be tested?
- Will a low HDL reading influence my Healthy Heart Score?
- What if I'm not satisfied with the HDL reading?
- Why is glucose assessed?
- Will my HbA1c result be used?