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Categories: Scientific Advisories, Statements, Guidelines, Heart News
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Published: March 26, 2025

Adulting is hard on the heart: teen to young adulthood is a critical time to address risk

Many youth have heart disease risk factors by their late teens, and preventing or addressing these risks early may reduce the risk of developing cardiovascular disease in the future, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement
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Jewel Scott, Ph.D., R.N., FNP-C

Jewel Scott, Ph.D., R.N., FNP-C, Chair of the AHA scientific statement Cardiovascular Health in the Transition from Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood, an assistant professor of biobehavioral health and nursing science in the College of Nursing at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina

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