How is 高めの used and constructed?


example sentence: コレステロールが高めの方の食品

I'd like to know how 高めの is made (verb stem + no?) and how it should be used.
I'm guessing the example sentence means "food which heightens your
cholesterol". Does 方 mean type/category here?




This `〜め` is the one meaning "slightly" or "somewhat", and the `方` is
"people". So the sentence translates as "Foods that people with high(er than
normal) cholesterol (eat)". It would probably sound more serious if it were
just `高い`, but using `〜め` it sounds more of just a neutral magazine (pamphlet,
etc.) headline.

As for the `の`, that's needed to modify `方`. With, `高い`, it would just be
`高い方`, but `高め` is not an イ-adjective, so it requires the `の`: `高めの方`.

See also this post: [“slightly/somewhat” の 「～目」: Usage and
limitations](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/2037/78).




This `〜め` is the one meaning "slightly" or "somewhat", and the `方` is
"people". So the sentence translates as "Foods that people with high(er than
normal) cholesterol (eat)". It would probably sound more serious if it were
just `高い`, but using `〜め` it sounds more of just a neutral magazine (pamphlet,
etc.) headline.

As for the `の`, that's needed to modify `方`. With, `高い`, it would just be
`高い方`, but `高め` is not an イ-adjective, so it requires the `の`: `高めの方`.

See also this post: [“slightly/somewhat” の 「～目」: Usage and
limitations](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/2037/78).

