national, cholesterol, education, program, this, article, relies, excessively, references, primary, sources, please, improve, this, article, adding, secondary, tertiary, sources, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, 2011, learn, when, remove. This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources National Cholesterol Education Program news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message The National Cholesterol Education Program is a program managed by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute a division of the National Institutes of Health Its goal is to reduce increased cardiovascular disease rates due to hypercholesterolemia elevated cholesterol levels in the United States of America The program has been running since 1985 The assigned goal of the NCEP committee is to meet on a recurring basis review ongoing scientific research about atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and make simplified consensus committee recommendations to be promoted by the NIH the American Heart Association and other groups to both physicians and the public about how to reduce the incidence of disability and death resulting from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease External links editNCEP main page Third Report of the Expert Panel on Detection Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults Adult Treatment Panel III Final Report 2002 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title National Cholesterol Education Program amp oldid 825448209, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
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