Cardiovascular health promotion in the schools - A statement for health and education professionals and child health advocates from the committee on Atherosclerosis, Hypertension, and Obesity in Youth (AHOY) of the council on cardiovascular disease in the young, American Heart Association
Cardiovascular health promotion in the schools - A statement for health and education professionals and child health advocates from the committee on Atherosclerosis, Hypertension, and Obesity in Youth (AHOY) of the council on cardiovascular disease in the young, American Heart Association
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DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.0000141117.85384.64
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发表时间:
2004-10-12
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37.8
通讯作者:
McCrindle, BW
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作者:
Hayman, LL;Williams, CL;McCrindle, BW
United States, most of the industrialized world, and many developing countries. 1 Primary prevention of CVD beginning in early childhood is supported by extensive evidence culled from epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory studies. 2–16 Taken together, these data provided the impetus for the American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines for Primary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Beginning in Childhood17 and support the need for populationbased approaches to cardiovascular health promotion and risk reduction. Specifically, the population-based approach, which is aimed at modifying the food and physical activity environments of children, is an important concomitant to the highrisk approach because without the proper environment, the high-risk strategy cannot be optimally implemented. School health programs initiated in preschool and extending through high school have the potential to influence the cardiovascular health of the majority of US children and youth. Toward this goal, this statement is intended for health and education professionals, child health advocates, policymakers, and community leaders who are interested in optimizing the school environment as an integral part of population-based strategies designed to promote cardiovascular health for all US children and youth and reduce the risk and public health burden of CVD.