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Resources

• http://healthguide.howstuffworks.com/framed.htm?parent=cholesterol-in-depth8.htm&url=http://healthguide.howstuffworks.com/framed.htm?parent=cholesterol-in-depth8.htm&url=http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/ncep/  -- National Cholesterol Education Program
• http://healthguide.howstuffworks.com/framed.htm?parent=cholesterol-in-depth8.htm&url=http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/  -- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• www.acc.org  -- American College of Cardiology
• www.americanheart.org  -- American Heart Association
• www.medped.org  -- Information on familial hypercholesterolemia
• www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/calc-bmi.htm  -- Calculate your BMI
• www.eatright.org  -- American Dietetic Association

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