Evolution of Cardio-Metabolic Risk from Birth to Middle Age: The Bogalusa Heart Study

Book Overview

Foreword.- Preface.- 1. Exploring Chromosomal Leukocyte Telomere Length Dynamics in the Bogalusa Heart Study.- 2. Fetal Origins of Variables Related to Cardio-metabolic Risk.- 3. Trajectories of Variables Related to Cardio-metabolic Risk since Childhood.- 4. Evolution of Metabolic Syndrome from Childhood.- 5. Black-white Divergence in Impaired Fasting Glucose and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.- 6. Birth Weight, Stimulus Response and Hemodynamic Variability Implicate Racial (black-white) Contrasts of Autonomic Control of Heart Rate and Blood Pressure and Related Cardiovascular Disease.- 7. Obesity - Findings from the Bogalusa Heart Study.- 8. Morbid Obesity and Premature Death in the Young.- 9. Target Organ Damage Related to Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Youth.- 10. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study and the Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project (STRIP).- 11. Prevention of Heart Disease in Childhood - Rationale for Primordial Prevention.- 12. Dietary Intake of Children over Two Decades in a Community and an Approach for Modification.- 13. Cardiovascular Health Promotion - Physical Fitness in the School Setting.- 14. Primordial Prevention through School Health Promotion.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400799365
• ISBN13: 9789400799363
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"