Dietary recommendations for children and adolescents : A guide for practitioners Consensus statement from the American Heart Association

Since the American Heart Association last presented nutrition guidelines for children, significant changes have occurred in the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and nutrition behaviors in children. Overweight has increased, whereas saturated fat and cholesterol intake have decreased, at lea...

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Published in:Circulation (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2005-09, Vol.112 (13), p.2061-2075
Main Authors: Gidding, Samuel S, Dennison, Barbara A, Birch, Leann L, Daniels, Stephen R, Gillman, Matthew W, Gilman, Matthew W, Lichtenstein, Alice H, Rattay, Karyl Thomas, Steinberger, Julia, Stettler, Nicolas, Van Horn, Linda
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Biological and medical sciences
Blood and lymphatic vessels
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control
Child
Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Child, Preschool
Diet
Diseases of the peripheral vessels. Diseases of the vena cava. Miscellaneous
Energy Intake
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects
Humans
Hypercholesterolemia - therapy
Hypertension - therapy
Life Style
Medical sciences
Public Health
Tobacco, tobacco smoking
Toxicology
Vertebrates: cardiovascular system
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Summary:Since the American Heart Association last presented nutrition guidelines for children, significant changes have occurred in the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and nutrition behaviors in children. Overweight has increased, whereas saturated fat and cholesterol intake have decreased, at least as percentage of total caloric intake. Better understanding of children's cardiovascular risk status and current diet is available from national survey data. New research on the efficacy of diet intervention in children has been published. Also, increasing attention has been paid to the importance of nutrition early in life, including the fetal milieu. This scientific statement summarizes current available information on cardiovascular nutrition in children and makes recommendations for both primordial and primary prevention of cardiovascular disease beginning at a young age.
ISSN:0009-7322
1524-4539
DOI:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.169251