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Reginald L. Washington
Researcher at University of Colorado Denver
Publications - 47
Citations - 2644
Reginald L. Washington is an academic researcher from University of Colorado Denver. The author has contributed to research in topics: Athletes & Overweight. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 47 publications receiving 2530 citations. Previous affiliations of Reginald L. Washington include American Heart Association & Boston Children's Hospital.
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Primary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease: Guidance From Framingham: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the AHA Task Force on Risk Reduction
Scott M. Grundy,Gary J. Balady,Michael H. Criqui,Gerald F. Fletcher,Philip Greenland,Loren F. Hiratzka,Nancy Houston-Miller,Penny M. Kris-Etherton,Harlan M. Krumholz,John C. LaRosa,Ira S. Ockene,Thomas A. Pearson,James Reed,Reginald L. Washington,Sidney C. Smith +14 more
TL;DR: The Framingham Heart Study has contributed importantly to understanding of the causes of coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases as mentioned in this paper, and the NCEP guidelines adjust the intensity of cholesterol-lowering therapy with absolute risk as determined by summation of risk factors.
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Intensive Training and Sports Specialization in Young Athletes
Steven J. Anderson,Bernard A. Griesemer,M. D. Johnson,Thomas J. Martin,Larry G. McLain,Thomas W. Rowland,Eric Small,Claire LeBlanc,Robert M. Malina,Carl Krein,J. C. Young,Frederick Reed,Reginald L. Washington,Oded Bar-Or,H. Newland +14 more
TL;DR: The potential risks of high-intensity training and sports specialization in young athletes are reviewed and Pediatricians who recognize these risks can have a key role in monitoring the health of these young athletes and helping reduce risks associated with high-level sports participation.
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Guide to Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the Task Force on Risk Reduction
Scott M. Grundy,Gary J. Balady,Michael H. Criqui,Gerald F. Fletcher,Philip Greenland,Loren F. Hiratzka,Nancy Houston-Miller,Penny M. Kris-Etherton,Harlan M. Krumholz,John C. LaRosa,Ira S. Ockene,Thomas A. Pearson,James Reed,Reginald L. Washington,Sidney C. Smith +14 more
TL;DR: The clinical and public health approaches to primary prevention are complementary and physicians can contribute to the public health approach through patient education.
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Guidelines for exercise testing in the pediatric age group. From the Committee on Atherosclerosis and Hypertension in Children, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, the American Heart Association.
Reginald L. Washington,J T Bricker,B S Alpert,Stephen R. Daniels,Richard J. Deckelbaum,Edward A. Fisher,Samuel S. Gidding,J Isabel-Jones,R E Kavey,Gerald R. Marx +9 more
TL;DR: The staff of the pediatric exercise laboratory should be available to discuss with the clinician when a test might be of value in a specific case and provide advice about the specifics of the performance of the test and offering age- and size-appropriate normal data from the laboratory with test interpretation.
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Adoption of body mass index guidelines for screening and counseling in pediatric practice.
Jonathan D. Klein,Tracy S. Sesselberg,Mark S. Johnson,Karen G. O'Connor,Stephen Cook,Marian Coon,Charles J. Homer,Nancy F. Krebs,Reginald L. Washington +8 more
TL;DR: Pediatricians in large practices and those who had attended continuing medical education on obesity were more familiar with national expert guidelines, were more likely to use BMI percentile, and had higher self-efficacy in practices related to childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity.