Health related lifestyle at a young age

Health related lifestyle at a young age

German Association of doctors said children and teenagers, the style of life in childhood greatly affect cardiovascular health in adulthood.

German Association of doctors said children and teenagers, the style of life in childhood greatly affect cardiovascular health in adulthood.

Based on the German Association, based in the city of Cologne, to Dr. Zachary stone from the University of Birmingham who warned of atherosclerosis begins in childhood, noting that one of the factors leading to heart attacks, strokes and sudden death.

Dr. recommended us parents always "provide healthy lifestyle for their child, so they keep away from him for cardiovascular disease", and advised them to pay attention to three key elements in determining their child's lifestyle: diet and motor activities and avoid secondhand smoke.

Sutton said that proper diet, "helps to reduce the risk of getting cardiovascular disease, as well as to prevent high blood pressure and high cholesterol that are among the risk factors leading to cardiovascular disease in adulthood."

He cautioned that a healthful diet through reducing the use of trans fats in food and breeding provide fruits and vegetables for children.

Stone said that parents can increase their child's exercise of kinetic activities to reduce activities, exercising while sitting, as time watching television and other entertainment for not more than 1-2 hours at most a day.

The parents, "motivate their child to practise a moderate physical activity for at least one hour a day, to stimulate the health of the cardiovascular system."

On the other hand, stone cautioned that children in a smoke-free environment, as proven that passive smoking affects the health of the child in the negative for more than one reason, for example, it may facilitate getting cardiovascular disease in adulthood.