Problem: A 47-year-old man presents to his primary care clinician for a routine checkup. The patient denies any symptoms, but is worried about his weight and diet which consists of many saturated fats. On physical examination his blood pressure is 153/102 mmHg and his body habitus reveals a large amount of abdominal obesity. Blood tests reveal a serum total cholesterol level of two 20 mg/dL, a triglyceride level of 321 g/dL, a high density lipoprotein HDL of 24 mg/dL, low density lipoprotein LDL of 132 mg/dL, and a hemoglobin A1c of 6.2%.