Starting Earlier to Prevent Heart Disease

McGill Jr and McMahan discuss atherosclerosis, which begins in childhood and progresses through adolescence and young adulthood to cause coronary heart disease (CHD) in middle age and later. Observational evidence strongly indicates that obesity and lack of physical activity increase the risk of CHD...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2003-11, Vol.290 (17), p.2320-2322
Main Authors: McGill, Henry C, McMahan, C. Alex
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aging
Cardiovascular disease
Child
Coronary Disease - epidemiology
Coronary Disease - prevention & control
Health Behavior
Humans
Prevention
Risk Factors
Risk Reduction Behavior
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Summary:McGill Jr and McMahan discuss atherosclerosis, which begins in childhood and progresses through adolescence and young adulthood to cause coronary heart disease (CHD) in middle age and later. Observational evidence strongly indicates that obesity and lack of physical activity increase the risk of CHD. Lifestyle modification and drug treatment for hyperlipidemia and hypertension are now widely recommended for primary and secondary prevention of CHD in adults.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.290.17.2320