Advances in preventive cardiology.
Since the publication of the Report of the Expert Panel on Blood Cholesterol in Children in 1991, both multi-institutional and office-practice-based studies have attested to its diet recommendations' safety and efficacy in modestly lowering blood cholesterol. Normal growth was preserved. Investigators have found no aberrations of either macro- or micronutrients. Although the dietary changes recommended appear effective, the screening recommendations have been vigorously questioned, with adherents on both sides with opinions from never screen to universal screening. Conventional medical wisdom states that smoking is bad for smokers' health. The ill health effects have been extended to passive smoking. Previous studies have shown effects of maternal smoking on the birth-weight of the newborn. Now studies are emerging that show long-time effects of in utero smoke on coronary risk factors.