In addition to a gospel concert, the convoy will offer free food, a car show, a children's zone and such random benefits as free cholesterol testing.

It is very common to see health screenings such as cholesterol testing or blood pressure screenings.

This year, cholesterol testing was added.

For example, American doctors advise cholesterol testing for everyone over the age of 20 and treat patients with levels above 200.

Starting at 35, men need regular cholesterol testing.

A good example of this collaboration is the effort, led by the National Institutes of Health, to improve the accuracy of cholesterol testing.

It claims that cholesterol testing is more effective when done by experienced medical staff who can interpret the results, and that the £7.99 kits are difficult to use.

The committee pointedly rejected universal cholesterol testing for children.

"There is a narrow window where cholesterol testing and treatment makes sense - in the middle aged until around age 70."

That same year, in Grand Island, Neb., he started a program of cholesterol testing and soon replicated it in 16 other cities.