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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2022 Jun 29;146(5):e18–e43. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001078

Figure 4. Life course of CVH.

Figure 4.

The figure describes sensitive periods and transitions for cardiovascular health (CVH) across the life span, along with example opportunities for intervention to preserve or promote CVH at each age or stage. Opportunities to improve CVH occur across public health and policy, institutional, neighborhood- and community-level, and clinical contexts. Red arrow indicates the feedback loop of primordial prevention strategies that can maintain CVH through early life, leading to healthier parents before conception and a subsequent generation of healthier children.