TY - JOUR
T1 - Managing cardiovascular risk reduction in elderly adults. By promoting and monitoring healthy lifestyle changes, health care providers can help older adults improve their cardiovascular health.
AU - Keller, Colleen
AU - Fleury, Julie
AU - Mujezinovic-Womack, Marilyn
PY - 2003/6
Y1 - 2003/6
N2 - Primary care practitioners must explore the most effective techniques for promoting cardiovascular risk reduction in older adults. Managing lifestyle modification risk factors, such as smoking cessation, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, and nutrition is discussed in this article. Other risk factor modification efforts, often not highlighted, include managing homocysteinemia, and sedentary behavior. These factors are presented as equally important modifiable coronary heart disease risks.
AB - Primary care practitioners must explore the most effective techniques for promoting cardiovascular risk reduction in older adults. Managing lifestyle modification risk factors, such as smoking cessation, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, and nutrition is discussed in this article. Other risk factor modification efforts, often not highlighted, include managing homocysteinemia, and sedentary behavior. These factors are presented as equally important modifiable coronary heart disease risks.
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U2 - 10.3928/0098-9134-20030601-06
DO - 10.3928/0098-9134-20030601-06
M3 - Review article
C2 - 12830652
AN - SCOPUS:0037811478
SN - 0098-9134
VL - 29
SP - 18
EP - 23
JO - Journal of gerontological nursing
JF - Journal of gerontological nursing
IS - 6
ER -