Forging a future of better cardiovascular health: addressing childhood obesity.
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.
Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch, Prevention and Population Sciences Program, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Electronic address: prattc@nhlbi.nih.gov.
Charlotte A
CA
Pratt
Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch, Prevention and Population Sciences Program, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Sonia
S
Arteaga
Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch, Prevention and Population Sciences Program, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Catherine
C
Loria
D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002648:Child; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D009043:Motor Activity; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D054555:National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U.S.); D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012931:Social Environment; D014481:United States
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