title: Lipid management in children.
abstract: Atherosclerosis begins in childhood, and early initiation of prevention through behavioral means may lower the risk of future cardiovascular disease. The obesity epidemic threatens the cardiovascular health of today's children. Genetic dyslipidemias such as familial hypercholesterolemia and the presence of multiple risk factors in the same child or adolescent may require pharmacologic therapy.
authors.affiliation: Nemours Cardiac Center, A. I. DuPont Hospital for Children, 1600 Rockland Road, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA.
authors.forename: Frances R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Zappalla
authors.forename: Samuel S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Gidding
mesh_terms: D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D050171:Dyslipidemias / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents