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Article: The relationship of daily stress and health-related behaviors to adolescents' cholesterol levels.
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- Adolescence
- Article date:
- June 22, 1998
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Several large-scale studies have shown that children and adolescents with elevated cholesterol levels tend to maintain these elevations into adulthood (Lauer, Lee, & Clarke, 1988; Webber, Srinivasan, Wattigney, & Berenson, 1991). Elevated serum cholesterol has been identified as a primary risk factor associated with the development of coronary heart disease (CHD) through the process of atherosclerosis (Castelli et al., 1986). Further, data have indicated that atherosclerosis begins before the age of 20. These findings have fueled interest in early assessment and intervention for CHD.
Treatments for adolescents with elevated cholesterol levels have focused on dietary ...