Personally, I rather resent this obsession with sticking a number on everything; weight, height, cholesterol, BP, heart rate etc etc. And who set the parameters for what's okay and what's not? I know a very, very old lady who's quite fat, and has a so-called high cholesterol number. Her blood pressure is also terrifyingly raised. She told me recently the doctor was nagging her to reduce these things with medication and diet. She cackled like a hen, and told him to go and boil his head. She ninety-six!