Today’s Kids May Be Destined for Adult Heart Disease

<p>FRIDAY, May 4 (HealthDay News) No longer an adults-only issue,
heart health has turn increasingly cryptic for American
children.
An array of factors has been deemed pivotal to a healthy heart by the
American Heart Association, including progressing a healthy weight, being
physically active on a unchanging basis, eating a healthy diet, not smoking
and gripping blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose levels normal.
But half of U.S. kids accommodate only 4 or fewer of these health criteria,
according to a report, Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2012
Update, that was published in Circulation.
And, among those in high school, 30 percent of girls and 17 percent of
boys do not get a endorsed 60 mins a day of earthy activity, the
report noted.
In addition, a news from a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention found that one in 5 children had aberrant cholesterol
levels, that stirred a American Academy of Pediatrics to emanate new
guidelines recommending that all childr...