January 29, 2008

Numbers Game: Ignorance is Not Always Bliss

An 2007 Internet survey of 20,000 adults in the United States by the National Lipid Association found that ______ percent were able to identify the desired values for total cholesterol, HDL ("good") cholesterol and triglycerides.

a) 10
b) 3
c) 5
d) 7.5

Leave your guess in the "comments" section and come back on Saturday for the answer -- and the correct values!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I would guess 3%

Anonymous said...

I'm with Martalaura...only 3% would know the correct target values.