title: Raising heart-healthy children.
abstract: The current article will describe how the cardiovascular risk factors of obesity, increased blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, cigarette smoking, poor physical fitness and prenatal environment impact the development of cardiovascular disease and what types of therapy can be used in the pediatric patient to modify them.
authors.affiliation: CS Mott Hospital, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109, USA. rocchini@umich.edu
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Rocchini
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D010809:Physical Fitness; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D000074606:Smoking Prevention