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- Title
CARDIAC Program in West Kentucky: A Retrospective Data Analysis.
- Authors
Manley, Dana; Garth, Katy; Byers, Dina
- Abstract
The article examines the outcome of a study conducted by the Purchase Area Health Education Center and several Kentucky community organization to examine the physiological effects of childhood obesity. The study, known as the Coronary Artery Risk Reduction in All Children (CARDIAC) program, attempted to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity and cardiac risk factors among fourth-grade participants and analyze the relationship between physical fitness and cholesterol.
- Subjects
KENTUCKY; PHYSICAL fitness; MEDICAL screening; BLOOD pressure; BLOOD sugar; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors; CHOLESTEROL; STATISTICAL correlation; OBESITY; SCHOOL children; BODY mass index; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHILDREN
- Publication
Kentucky Nurse, 2013, Vol 61, Issue 3, p4
- ISSN
0742-8367
- Publication type
Article