Children may have difficulty meeting their energy and nutrients on a low fat diet. Low energy intake can interfere with growth and development: nutritious, higher fat foods such as peanut butter and cheese should be taken!

Smoking, obesity, lack of excercise, steroid drugs, heart medication, high triglyceride levels, genetic predisposition to low "HDL".
"Tryglycerides" are the most common fat found in food and stored in the body.

Foods high in fat tend to be high in cholesterol, and vice versa! AVOID THEM!!
Maintain body weight depending on your body frame.
Make possitive lifestyle changes - not because you are affraid of "dropping dead" but because it makes you FEEL and LOOK better.
EXCERCISE: walk, swim, dance, etc. Excercise causes a faster turnover of fat, resulting in less lipid (fat) buildup in the blood!
SUPPLEMENTS: NIACIN (vitamin B3): It short-circuits "LDL" production in the liver. VITAMIN C: the higher level of Vit. C in the blood, the higher the "HDL" level. MAGNESIUM: Helps control cholesterol
RELAX: Type "A" hostile people are at risk! Stress kills! Try meditation and/or yoga. Happiness is found within: pray, go to church, be spiritual.
Thank God for what you have instead of feeling miserable for what you don't have!
Increase your FIBER intake: Cereals, legumes, vegetables...fiber lowers blood cholesterol.

Try these out:

AVOCADOS: the chief fat in avocados is Monounsaturated! Avocados keep "HDL" levels and lowers cholesterol.
OLIVE OIL: Has the "EFA" that lowers cholesterol. Mix it with salads or toasts.
SKIM MILK: It has Vit. D., and calcium, for strong bones, and yet saves the daily fat ration for other uses.

A study of 3,277 men and women, in England, found that "Total Cholesterol", according to diet, was as follows: