The Michigan Daily-Thursday, November 12, 1987- Page7
Doctors: Kids consume
too much cholesterol
By the Associated Press
CHICAGO - Almost two-thirds
of white children and three-quarters
of black children consumed too
much cholesterol in their diets,
suggesting that they may be at risk
for heart disease later in life, a study
says.
"The basis of racial difference in
cholesterol intake may be due to the
type of milk introduced during in-
fancy," the study's authors wrote in
a supplement to the November issue
of Pediatrics, journal of the suburban
Chicago-based American Academy of
Pediatrics.
White children generally drank
more cow's milk than blacks, most
of whom at 6 months and 1 year of
age consumed a milk-based formula,
the researchers found.
Early identification of people at
U.S. rejects
talks with
Nicaragua
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who said that Reagan had laid out
strict conditions for re-opening
diplomatic contacts with Sandinista
officials.
In a speech Monday, Reagan had
said that he would agree to open dis-
cussions with Nicaragua only if
other Central American leaders are
present and if the Sandinista gov-
ernment shows serious intent in
pending cease-fire negotiations with
the Contras.
Ortega said that although
Nicaragua has taken a number of
steps to meet its commitments under
the regional peace agreement he
signed last August, the United States
has undercut the accord by sending
weapons and other equipment to 140
resupply flights to the country's
Contra rebels since then.
He said the weapons include
ground-to-air missiles which are
threatening domestic and interna-
tional air traffic in Nicaragua.
risk for heart disease may eventually
lead to a better approach to preven-
tion, the authors wrote.
"Diet has been recognized as an
important environmental determinant
of cardiovascular disease risk. Con-
sequently, alteration of eating habits
in early childhood may delay or pre-
vent cardiovascular disease develop-
ment," they wrote.
The findings stem from an ongo-
ing study of 440 infants from birth
through age 7 in Bogalusa, La., a
biracial community outside New
Orleans.
The researchers, primarily from
the Louisiana State University Med-
ical Center, also found that saturated
fat, which increases the body's
cholesterol level, made up 37 percent
to 47 percent of total fat intake in all
children studied.
The American Academy of Pedi-
atrics recommends that saturated fat
make up no more than 33 percent of
a child's daily fat intake.
Without a change in eating
habits, the Bogalusa children likely
would become high risks for devel-
oping heart disease later in life, said
Dr. Gerald Berenson, head of the
university medical school's cardiol-
ogy section.
The Bogalusa findings could ap-
ply to the general population, he
said in a telephone interview
Wednesday.
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Balducci never teaches The Cat
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