Forging a future of better cardiovascular health: addressing childhood obesity

Charlotte A Pratt; Sonia Arteaga; Catherine Loria

doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2013.07.088

Forging a future of better cardiovascular health: addressing childhood obesity

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Feb 4;63(4):369-71. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.07.088. Epub 2013 Sep 25.

Authors

Charlotte A Pratt¹, Sonia Arteaga², Catherine Loria²

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch, Prevention and Population Sciences Program, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch, Prevention and Population Sciences Program, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

PMID: 24076288
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.07.088

Abstract

This paper describes ongoing National, Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)-initiated childhood obesity research. It calls on clinicians, researchers, and cardiologists to work with other healthcare providers, community agencies, schools and caregivers to foster better cardiovascular health in children by intervening on multiple levels of influence on childhood obesity.

Keywords: BMI; COPTR; Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment Research; HCS; Healthy Communities Study; NHLBI; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; body mass index; cardiovascular health; childhood obesity.

MeSH terms

Cardiovascular Diseases / prevention & control*
Child
Cooperative Behavior
Diet
Female
Health Behavior
Health Priorities
Humans
Life Style
Motor Activity
Multicenter Studies as Topic
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U.S.)
Pediatric Obesity / prevention & control*
Pregnancy
Social Environment
United States