title: [Primary prevention of coronary heart disease in childhood].
abstract: The causative factors of atherosclerosis are not exhaustively known as yet. Atherosclerosis may be induced or supported by several environmental risk factors. The disease begins already in childhood or adolescence; consequently, preventive measures have to commence in these periods. In the paediatric consultative care, special attention should be paid mainly to hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, and obesity. Standard examination procedures at a paediatric consulting station as well as at preventive examinations in the nursery, primary, and secondary schools should include blood pressure measurement, commencing in children aged 4 years. Fat metabolism should be examined mainly in children with familial history of cardiovascular diseases. Education concerning a healthy life regimen with rational nutrition and sufficient physical activity should not be neglected, either.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000175:diagnosis; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis; D012306:Risk
vernacular_title: Primäre Prävention von Herzkreislauferkrankungen im Kindesalter.