Obese kids found to have arteries of 45-year-olds.

This is an article from November 2008, but I had it bookmarked for this blog, once we got it running.  “This is a wake-up call.”  We need to be aware that the saturated and trans fats our children are eating will absolutely correlate to their likelihood to experience a cardiovascular event(CVE) and will decrease their longevity.

Obesity is just one indicator that the diet may be unhealthy.

Another indicator of vascular health is a combination of doppler ultrasound scans called CIPA(pronounced “sippa”).  The CIPA-Scan uses existing ultrasound technology, but by combining several tests together, we have developed a new indicator of vascular health.

I will talk more about the exciting CIPA-Scan in one of the upcoming posts.

The American Medical Association’s Healthier Life Stepsâ„¢ program is a patient-physician partnership for a longer, healthier life.

Four key health behaviors – poor diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use, and excessive or risky use of alcohol – are significantly related to heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and other conditions.

This program provides a tool-kit to help you partner with your physician to improve these key health behaviors.  The tool-kit includes a self-assessment questionnaire, action plans, and progress tracking calendars, as well as links to other resources.