Peter Attia· MD
instance so yeah it occurs early and this is why pediatric guidelines have now at least encouraged lipid testing in the Pediatric age group probably age eight or nine you don't wait till you're 40 or 50 like you just implied because yes we can still help that patient but we're moving into what's called primordial prevention discover the risk factors early and whatever ones you can modify earlier rather than later is the time to do it