Context. Television (TV) viewing is associated with obesity among school-aged children, adolescents, and adults, but this relationship has not been evaluated in preschool-aged children. Objective. To describe the TV/video habits of a multiethnic, low-income preschool population children to determine whether related their adiposity. Design. Cross-sectional survey parents/guardians measurements children’s height weight. Setting Participants. Two thousand seven hundred sixty-one adults 1...

Since the American Heart Association last presented nutrition guidelines for children, significant changes have occurred in prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and behaviors children. Overweight has increased, whereas saturated fat cholesterol intake decreased, at least as percentage total caloric intake. Better understanding children's status current diet is available from national survey data. New research on efficacy intervention children been published. Also, increasing attention...

Since the American Heart Association last presented nutrition guidelines for children, significant changes have occurred in prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and behaviors children. Overweight has increased, whereas saturated fat cholesterol intake decreased, at least as percentage total caloric intake. Better understanding children's status current diet is available from national survey data. New research on efficacy intervention children been published. Also, increasing attention...

Despite compliance with lifestyle recommendations, some children and adolescents high-risk hyperlipidemia will require lipid-lowering drug therapy, particularly those familial hypercholesterolemia. The purpose of this statement is to examine new evidence on the association lipid abnormalities early atherosclerosis, discuss challenges previous guidelines, highlight results clinical trials statin therapy in hypercholesterolemia or severe Recommendations are provided guide decision-making...

Background. In a referral population of young children, excessive fruit juice consumption has been reported to be contributing factor in nonorganic failure thrive. Objective. To evaluate, population-based sample healthy and its effects on growth parameters during early childhood. Design. Cross-sectional study. Setting. General primary care health center upstate New York. Participants. One hundred sixteen 2-year-old children one seven 5-year-old who were scheduled for nonacute visit, their...

Television viewing has been associated with increased violence in play and higher rates of obesity. Although there are interventions to reduce television by school-aged children, none for younger children.To develop evaluate an intervention preschool children.Randomized controlled trial conducted 16 and/or day care centers rural upstate New York.Children aged 2.6 through 5.5 years.Children attending received a 7-session program designed as part health promotion curriculum, whereas children...

OBJECTIVE. Our goal was to test the hypothesis that increased fruit juice intake and parental restriction of children's eating are associated with adiposity gain whether exposure nutritional counseling predicted reduced among children. PATIENTS AND METHODS. A sample parents or guardians children aged 1 4 years who attended 49 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, Children agencies in New York State were surveyed 1999 2000 (N = 2801). The survey addressed dietary intake,...

Abstract Objective : To determine among a contemporary cohort whether rapid weight gain between birth and 6 months is associated with risk of childhood overweight if this differs by ethnicity and/or breast‐feeding history. Research Methods Procedures This was cross‐sectional survey in 1999 to 2000 parents/guardians children participating the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, Children New York State. Measurements were abstracted chart review, including at months,...

Regular physical activity has both short- and long-term health benefits in adults. No study investigated childhood determinants of adult patterns, however. In a nonconcurrent prospective study, the levels 453 young men, 23 to 25 years age, were compared with their fitness test scores as children (10 11 age 15 18 age). The physically active adults had significantly better than did inactive 224 children, 2 results available. risk inactivity adulthood was linearly related number low on 548.6-m...

C ardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of morbidity and premature mortality in women men the United States, most industrialized world, many developing countries. 1Data accumulated over past 3 decades indicate that atherosclerotic-CVD processes begin early childhood are influenced life course by genetic potentially modifiable risk factors environmental exposures.Taken together, these data provide compelling evidence for primary prevention CVD beginning childhood.Within pediatric...

Background: Current recommendations call for most Americans, 2 years of age and over, to eat more fruits vegetables.Objective: To determine, in a sample healthy children, the extent which young children's diets include recommended numbers fruit vegetable servings per day.Design: Cross-sectional study.Setting: A general primary care health center upstate New York.Participants: One-hundred-sixteen 2-year-old children 107 5-year-old who were scheduled non-acute visit, their parent/primary...

The use of serum total cholesterol measurement was evaluated as a screening tool to predict elevated levels low-density lipoprotein in 2857 children and adolescents, aged 5 17 years, examined 1981 1982. Subjects were from the biracial community Bogalusa, Louisiana. For selected values (150 210 mg/dL, 3.88 5.43 mmol/L), sensitivities higher for blacks than whites females males, whereas positive predictive males females. With age-, race-, sex-specific 95th percentiles cutoff points, only 44%...

Background: Excessive fruit juice consumption in young children has been associated with nonorganic failure to thrive and short stature some obesity others.Objective: To evaluate, a sample of healthy children, whether the associations between intakes growth parameters differ by type consumed.Design: Cross-sectional study.Setting: General primary care health center upstate New York.Participants: One hundred sixteen two-year-old one seven five-year-old who were scheduled for nonacute visit,...

The Expert Panel on Blood Cholesterol Levels in Children and Adolescents of the National Education Program (NCEP) recommends selective screening children for high blood cholesterol. We determined number children, who, according to guidelines, should be targeted cholesterol screening.Population survey.Permanent household residents Otsego County, NY.Total population-based sample 17,444 households (86.6% response rate) including 44,565 participants, whom 10,457 were aged 2 through 19...