Article: New dietary guides focus on cardiovascular health in kids.(News)

New dietary recommendations from the American Heart Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics mark the organizations' first substantial revision of pediatric nutritional guidelines in 24 years, according to Dr. Samuel S. Gidding, chair of the group that drafted the report (Pediatrics 2006; 117:544-59).

"This document is an evolution based on new research and new challenges," said Dr. Gidding, a pediatric cardiologist at Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Del., and professor of pediatrics at Jefferson Medical College. "There are a number of things in this document that are unique and did not appear in our 1982 document or subsequent ...

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