Children failing to meet ideal cardiovascular health guidelines

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“The American Heart Association’s (AHA) strategic goal document through 2020 details procedures and recommendations to determine the metrics to monitor cardiovascular health over time. The report focuses on cardiovascular health promotion and disease reduction in adults and children.One crucial purpose of the program is to maintain ideal cardiovascular health from birth through childhood to young adulthood and beyond.”

“Specifically, the document discusses the promotion of ideal cardiovascular health in all children and the improvement of cardiovascular health metric scores in children currently classified as having poor or intermediate cardiovascular health.”

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