Yes, if you’re overweight or have obesity, losing weight can help lower your high cholesterol.

Being overweight or having obesity increases your chances of getting high cholesterol. If you already have high cholesterol, studies have found that the more overweight someone is, the higher their cholesterol tends to be. 

Doctors recommend that if you’re overweight or have obesity, you try to lose weight to get to a healthy weight. That can be really hard. Remember that even a little bit of weight loss is better than nothing. Talk to your doctor about what a good weight loss goal is for you.

Losing weight can help keep your cholesterol great!