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. 2014 Feb 4;63(4):369-71.
doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.07.088. Epub 2013 Sep 25.

Forging a future of better cardiovascular health: addressing childhood obesity

Charlotte A Pratt  1 , Sonia Arteaga  2 , Catherine Loria  2
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Forging a future of better cardiovascular health: addressing childhood obesity

Charlotte A Pratt et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. .
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Abstract

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.

Keywords: 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.

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