Research Results
Ongoing since 1998, the WV CARDIAC Project has provided cardiovascular risk education and intervention among children aged 15 years and younger. There have been 46,197 Kindergarten, 127,344 Second, 121,952 Fifth, 444 Eighth, and 1,030 Ninth Graders screened through the WV CARDIAC Project since it began in 1998. An additional 4,423 parents and 794 school staff have received free fasting lipid profiles to assess their personal risk. Of the fifth-grade students, 18.4% of all children were overweight and an additional 28.5% were obese. Almost twenty-five percent (24.8%) had abnormal blood lipids, called dyslipidemia. A total of 3.4% of children had a rash on the back of the neck (Acanthosis Nigricans) indicative of possible insulin resistance.
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