[Adolescents of the world: move!!!].

Suggested citation: Caramelli B, Giuliano I. Adolescents of the world: move!!! J Pediatr (Rio J). 2005;81:427-8. Throughout human history adolescents have always been in the frontline of conflicts: soldiers in wars, protestors on the streets. Nowadays adolescents remain in the same position: they are the most numerous victims of social inequality, of a lack of prospects for the future, of unemployment, violence and drug abuse. In this issue of the Jornal de Pediatria, Kelishadi et al., 1 in the name of the Isfahan Healthy Heart Program and the longitudinal intervention of the Heart Health Promotion from Childhood intervention, have added another factor to the list threatening the future of adolescents. The authors describe the elevated cumulative prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among the adolescents of Iran. The researchers at the Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center at the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (a World Health Organization collaborative center) performed a cross-sectional study of 2,000 adolescents of both sexes aged 11 to 18 years, randomly recruited at the urban and rural zones of three cities in Iran.