The Nation - News from Nov. 19, 1986

In an effort to head off artery disease before it gets started, the American Heart Assn. recommended that parents limit the fat intake of children over 2 and encourage them to exercise regularly. “All we’re advising is that children begin now living a healthy life style,” said Dr. William Weidman, head of the AHA panel that drew up new guidelines released at the association’s annual scientific meeting in Dallas. The policy statement aimed at preventing or at least slowing development of the artery-clogging disease called atherosclerosis highlights a gradual shift in the medical community away from a more lenient approach to early childhood.