Cholesterol and Kids

Have you seen the recent news? It seems that the medical community is pondering the use of cholesterol drugs for children. This just absolutely blows my mind. The fact that kids today are, as a percentage, much more overweight than in generations past is indisputible. Along with this, obviously, would come elevated levels of cholesterol. The two are linked. Now, before we jump right to using drugs to control cholesterol, let's think about what is causing this.
Barring some type of legitimate medical condition, there are two basic things that cause you to be overweight; lack of exercise and eating too much/the wrong foods. It's that simple. If we want kids to have lower cholesterol levels, we need to get them exercising and eating right. Maybe as parents we should be mandating time playing outside instead of in front of the computer or tv. Maybe we should be feeding our kids nutritious, home cooked meals instead of fast food because it's convenient. IT'S THAT SIMPLE! Now some may think I am over simplifying this issue, but really, at its core, isn't this what it boils down to.
Instead of using drugs to control cholesterol in our kids, let's tackle this problem at its cause. It takes all of us, as individual parents to take responsibility for our own kids. Anything we can do to keep our kids from being medicated (and avoiding drugs effects and side effects) and keeping them naturally healthy is a good thing. Don't you agree?