Childhood cardiovascular risk factors, a predictor of late adolescent overweight

Cardiovascular risk factors in childhood.

It is regrettable that although the incidence of fatal coronary heart disease on the other side of the Atlantic and in Australia is falling, the toll here, even if not increasing at the great pace of the 'fifties and 'sixties, is only just beginning to level off. Few of us can afford to be complacent, and we as paediatricians have a duty to sow the seeds of longevity in our patients. For these ...

Benefits of Spinning Training and Green Tea on Risk Factors of Cardiovascular in Overweight Women

Background and Aim: Sedentary life style increases risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Physical activity and green tea supplementation can reduce cardiovascular risk factors by improving inflammation and body composition. The aim of study was to determine benefits of 8 weeks of spinning training and green tea supplementation on risk factors cardiovascular and body composition in overweight ...

Novel Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Childhood

Prevalence of and risk factors for childhood overweight and obesity.

BACKGROUND Increases in childhood overweight and obesity have become an important public health problem in industrialized nations. Preventive public health action is required, but more research of risk factors is required before evidence-based initiatives can be developed and targeted effectively. We investigated the association between childhood overweight and obesity and risk factors relating...

Prevention potential of risk factors for childhood overweight.

BACKGROUND In order to better target prevention initiatives for the obesity epidemic in Canada, policy-makers, in addition to information about risk factors, require an understanding of the preventive potential which is best provided by the risk factor's population attributable risk fraction (PARF). OBJECTIVE To estimate the PARF for childhood overweight risk factors as identified by a popula...