http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1820655,00.html
In an era when obesity has reached epidemic levels, especially for children, doctors are taking drastic steps to ensure that heart disease doesn’t become more of a problem as children get older. Some doctors are recommending cholesterol medication to children as young
as 8 years old in the hopes that lowering cholesterol levels will reduce the future risk of a heart attack.
Even though this article caught my eye, it was more for the content than how the author wrote the article. It was as though she tried to stuff as much information as possible into the lede sentence which I believe detracted from the article. However, she did use several quotes that were very well done with the context of the piece. The story created several debatable questions, the first of which being whether cholesterol medication is safe for children.
In my opinion, anything to get obese children to live healthier should be used. In this case, doctors believe that cholesterol medication could reduce bad cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease. Since obesity is another risk factor for heart disease, the two seem to go together. Even though this article was a standard news story, I believe the topic could involve much more questioning and be turned into a feature story.
In an era when obesity has reached epidemic levels, especially for children, doctors are taking drastic steps to ensure that heart disease doesn’t become more of a problem as children get older. Some doctors are recommending cholesterol medication to children as young
as 8 years old in the hopes that lowering cholesterol levels will reduce the future risk of a heart attack.Even though this article caught my eye, it was more for the content than how the author wrote the article. It was as though she tried to stuff as much information as possible into the lede sentence which I believe detracted from the article. However, she did use several quotes that were very well done with the context of the piece. The story created several debatable questions, the first of which being whether cholesterol medication is safe for children.
In my opinion, anything to get obese children to live healthier should be used. In this case, doctors believe that cholesterol medication could reduce bad cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease. Since obesity is another risk factor for heart disease, the two seem to go together. Even though this article was a standard news story, I believe the topic could involve much more questioning and be turned into a feature story.
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