Cardiovascular health promotion programs in elementary schools have tremendous potential for the prevention of adult cardiovascular diseases.
Supports school-based prevention efforts; leaves open need for trials linking programs to adult CVD outcomes.
Models of health promotion directed to cardiovascular disease prevention are becoming increasingly important, based on the wealth of behavioral and physiologic data that examine the determinants, distributions, and interrelationships and trends over time of cardiovascular risk factors in children. The epidemiologic studies of children of cardiovascular risk factors and of life-styles provide the foundation to address intervention strategies beginning at the school age. Cardiovascular health promotion programs in elementary schools have tremendous potential for the prevention of adult cardiovascular diseases in our nation.
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