Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Diet and Lifestyle among a Group of Italian Young Adults Students

The prevalence of cardiovascular disease has shown a marked increase over the last decade, representing the leading cause of death in the United States of America but also in Italy. Cardiovascular diseases recognize a multifactorial etiology: age, obesity, distribution of body fat, cigarette smoking, sedentary lifestyle, high blood pressure, dyslipidemia. In recent years has been paid particular attention to the cardiovascular risk factors prevention particularly in adulthood (> 30 years old). The aim of our study was to evaluate the lifestyle in young subjects (20 years old) particularly in a group of students of the Valle Sabbia (a mountain zone in the North of Italy) using dedicated questionnaire, anamnesis, physical examination and blood tests + ECG.