[NMScience] New Children's On-line Vascular Health Activity Workbook - free of charge

[Deb Thrall]

We are a professional society of vascular surgeons. As a public service
we've developed an on-line workbook to teach children about their
vascular system and how to care for it. There is no charge, we simply
want children to learn about their vascular system. A press release
follows.

 

January 4, 2008

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jill Goodwin

Graphic Available Upon Request
312-334-2308

 
jgoodwin at vascularsociety.org                                    

                                    

New On-line Vascular Health Activity Book Teaches Children

How to Care for Their Vascular System

 

 

CHICAGO - An on-line vascular health activity book that teaches
children, aged 5 - 12 years, how their vascular system works is now
available on VascularWeb.org at
http://www.vascularweb.org//patients/PDF_Docs/composite_activity_book.pd
f in the Patients and Families section. It uses "blood buddies" to teach
children how the vascular system delivers oxygen and nutrients
throughout their bodies and why they need to eat well and maintain an
active lifestyle to keep it healthy. It stresses the importance of
exercise, healthy eating, and not smoking through games and coloring
pages.  

"According to the National Institute of Child Health & Human
Development, the percentage of children and teens that are overweight
has more than doubled in the past 30 years. This startling statistic has
crucial consequences for the future for these children," said K. Wayne
Johnston, M. D., president of the Society for Vascular Surgeons. "If
they grow into obese adults, they face a greater chance of having
vascular diseases such as stroke and peripheral arterial disease.
Vascular surgeons want to do what we can to help parents and schools
teach youngsters about the health risks of obesity and smoking. If they
understand how their bodies work they may be more likely to take good
care of themselves." 

Some of the adult vascular health complications include blocked carotid
arteries to the brain that can cause paralyzing strokes, the third
leading cause of death in the U.S. More than 15,000 people die annually
from ruptured aortic aneurysms, and one in every 20 Americans over the
age of 50 has peripheral arterial disease. High cholesterol levels, lack
of exercise, and smoking are key factors in a person's likelihood of
developing these diseases. 

This activity book uses entertaining learning tools including a maze,
word search, penny game, secret code, and other activities to explain
how a vascular system works, why it is important to good health, and how
to maintain healthy habits. 

 

 

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About the Society for Vascular Surgery

The Society for Vascular Surgery is a not-for-profit medical society
that seeks to advance excellence and innovation in vascular health
through education, advocacy, research, and public awareness. SVS is the
national advocate for 2,400 vascular surgeons dedicated to the
prevention and cure of vascular disease. Visit the website at
www.VascularWeb.org. 

 

Please note that my phone number is changed to 312-334-2308. Our
toll-free number, 800-258-7188, remains the same. 

 

Jill Goodwin

Director of Communications

Society for Vascular Surgery

633 N St. Clair, 24th Floor

Chicago, IL  60611

Phone:  312-334-2308

Fax:  312-334-2320

Email: jgoodwin at vascularsociety.org

Website:  VascularWeb.org

 

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