PMID: 8965290Feb 1, 1996Paper

Strategies for prevention of adult hypertension and cardiovascular risk behaviour in childhood. An Australian perspective

Journal of Human Hypertension
L J BeilinR A Milligan

Abstract

This paper addresses approaches to evaluating the importance of different childhood behaviours on subsequent risk of high blood pressure and related cardiovascular risk factors and outlines results of a randomised controlled trial of nutrition and exercise interventions in schoolchildren. Clustering of cardiovascular risk factors was studied in relation to diet, blood pressure, fitness, fatness and blood cholesterol in a representative sample of 555 Perth schoolchildren aged 15 years. Twenty-one percent of males and females had high risk profiles associated with dietary excesses, particularly in fat, cholesterol and sodium intake, and deficiencies of minerals, vitamins and dietary fibre. Socio-economic status was inversely associated with cardiovascular risk and undernutrition in girls. Thus 21% of the school children shared unhealthy lifestyles putting them at substantial risk of subsequent cardiovascular disease. A randomised controlled trial designed to reduce cardiovascular risk was conducted in 1147 children 10-12 years old, assigned to one of six groups for a year. The groups were fitness, fitness and school nutrition, school nutrition, school and home nutrition, home nutrition or controls. On cluster analysis 30% of the ...Continue Reading

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