Primordial prevention: Reducing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in racial/ethnic populations
Beyond pharmacotherapy in adulthood, primordial prevention in United States (U.S.) children and adolescents is needed to avoid the upcoming tsunami of cardiometabolic and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Healthcare disparities were unmasked by the disparate morbidity and mortality of COVID-19 in racial...
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| description | Beyond pharmacotherapy in adulthood, primordial prevention in United States (U.S.) children and adolescents is needed to avoid the upcoming tsunami of cardiometabolic and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Healthcare disparities were unmasked by the disparate morbidity and mortality of COVID-19 in racial/ethnic populations, especially in persons with obesity, diabetes, and CVD. One potential successful strategic improvement of childhood cardiovascular health is to reduce sugar consumption in early life as CVD is the number one cause of death in patients with Type 2 diabetes (T2D). Furthermore, cardiologists treat more patients with T2D than endocrinologists. This commentary challenges cardiovascular specialists and other clinicians to address the increasing burden of cardiometabolic and CVD in adults, especially in racial/ethnic populations, by supporting primordial prevention in childhood. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-31493e5cbcb9421fbfea656f5bde889e2023-03-12T04:22:22ZengElsevierAmerican Heart Journal Plus2666-60222023-03-0127100278Primordial prevention: Reducing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in racial/ethnic populationsVi Nguyen0Keith C. Ferdinand1Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States of AmericaCorresponding author at: Gerald S. Berenson Endowed Chair in Preventive Cardiology, Professor of Medicine, John W. Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, United States of America.; Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States of AmericaBeyond pharmacotherapy in adulthood, primordial prevention in United States (U.S.) children and adolescents is needed to avoid the upcoming tsunami of cardiometabolic and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Healthcare disparities were unmasked by the disparate morbidity and mortality of COVID-19 in racial/ethnic populations, especially in persons with obesity, diabetes, and CVD. One potential successful strategic improvement of childhood cardiovascular health is to reduce sugar consumption in early life as CVD is the number one cause of death in patients with Type 2 diabetes (T2D). Furthermore, cardiologists treat more patients with T2D than endocrinologists. This commentary challenges cardiovascular specialists and other clinicians to address the increasing burden of cardiometabolic and CVD in adults, especially in racial/ethnic populations, by supporting primordial prevention in childhood.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666602223000307Primordial preventionSugar-sweetened beveragesChildhood obesityDiabetesCardiovascular disparities |
| spellingShingle | Vi Nguyen Keith C. Ferdinand Primordial prevention: Reducing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in racial/ethnic populations American Heart Journal Plus Primordial prevention Sugar-sweetened beverages Childhood obesity Diabetes Cardiovascular disparities |
| title | Primordial prevention: Reducing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in racial/ethnic populations |
| title_full | Primordial prevention: Reducing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in racial/ethnic populations |
| title_fullStr | Primordial prevention: Reducing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in racial/ethnic populations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Primordial prevention: Reducing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in racial/ethnic populations |
| title_short | Primordial prevention: Reducing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in racial/ethnic populations |
| title_sort | primordial prevention reducing consumption of sugar sweetened beverages in racial ethnic populations |
| topic | Primordial prevention Sugar-sweetened beverages Childhood obesity Diabetes Cardiovascular disparities |
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