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PROGRESS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
Volume 58, Issue 1, Pages 41-49Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2015.05.003
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Cardiovascular health; Risk factors; Prevention; Children; Adults
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The American Heart Association's 2020 Strategic Impact Goal is By 2020, to improve the cardiovascular health of all Americans by 20% while reducing deaths from cardiovascular diseases and stroke by 20%. To monitor progress towards this goal, a new construct ideal cardiovascular health (iCVH) was defined that includes the simultaneous presence of optimal levels of seven health behaviors (physical activity, smoking, dietary intake, and body mass index) andfactors (total cholesterol, blood pressure andfasting blood glucose). In this review, we present a summary of major concepts related to the concept of iCVH and an update of the literature in this area since publication of the 2020 Strategic Impact Goal, including trends in iCVH prevalence, new determinants and outcomes related to iCVH, strategies for maintaining or improving iCVH, policy implications of the iCVH model, and the remaining challenges to reaching the 2020 Strategic Impact Goal. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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