risk of heart problems in the future. because of what, doc? >> well, because of development of arterial sclerosis and it is important to have your children examined even at the age of 9. indications are that these warning signs to the 9 are indicators of vulnerability layer on and should be intercepted, at that stage. >> jamie: what are some of those warning symptoms. >> high blood pressure, basically, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and, at that stage, these are risk factors that ought to be identified and monitored and, when indicated, treated. >> eric: you can have high blood pressure as a kid? >> of course. not very often but the reason we don't identify it or know about it, we formally don't take blood pressure recordings in children,