Understanding and Improving Cardiovascular Health: An Update on the American Heart Association's Concept of Cardiovascular Health

作者：Shay Christina M^*; Gooding Holly S; Murillo Rosenda; Foraker Randi

来源：Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, 2015, 58(1): 41-49.

DOI：10.1016/j.pcad.2015.05.003

• Cardiovascular health
• Risk factors
• Prevention
• Children
• Adults

The American Heart Association's 2020 Strategic Impact Goal is "By 2020, to improve the cardiovascular health of all Americans by 20% while reducing deaths from cardiovascular diseases and stroke by 20%." To monitor progress towards this goal, a new construct "ideal cardiovascular health" (iCVH) was defined that includes the simultaneous presence of optimal levels of seven health behaviors (physical activity, smoking, dietary intake, and body mass index) andfactors (total cholesterol, blood pressure andfasting blood glucose). In this review, we present a summary of major concepts related to the concept of iCVH and an update of the literature in this area since publication of the 2020 Strategic Impact Goal, including trends in iCVH prevalence, new determinants and outcomes related to iCVH, strategies for maintaining or improving iCVH, policy implications of the iCVH model, and the remaining challenges to reaching the 2020 Strategic Impact Goal.

• 出版日期2015-8