Heart Disease Starts Early in Life
HealthDay, May, 2008 by Ed Edelson, HealthDay Reporter
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The path to heart disease begins in childhood, and that means preventive measures must be embraced by those at risk long before adulthood, researchers report.
Two of the biggest threats to heart health that trace back to childhood are prehypertension -- blood pressure just below the official high blood pressure reading of 140/90 -- and obesity.
"The message of the Bogalusa Heart Study is that coronary artery disease, atherosclerosis, hypertension and heart disease all begin in childhood," said study director Dr. Gerald Berenson, a professor of cardiology at the Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health, in New Orleans.
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Berenson was to present the findings Wednesday at the American Society of Hypertension annual meeting, in New Orleans.
The goal of the Bogalusa (Louisiana) Heart Study is to tease out the early natural history of cardiovascular disease. It's the longest and ...
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