Public Law 100–270

Joint Resolution

To designate the month of April 1988, as “National Know Your Cholesterol Month”.

Whereas heart attacks struck an estimated 1,500,000 Americans in 1987, a third of whom died immediately;

Whereas scientific data indicates that effective measures to lower serum cholesterol are capable of decreasing occurrences of heart disease;

Whereas only 8 per centum of Americans know their cholesterol level; and

Whereas as many as 250,000 lives could be saved each year if Americans were tested for and took action to reduce high levels of cholesterol: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Approved March 29, 1988.