Heart Disease

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Heart Disease

• HED 491
• Melissa Barr

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Heart Diseases Facts

• No. 1 Killer in America
• Anyone is at risk
• Responsible for 40 of all deaths in America each
  year

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Fact

• 61.8 Million Americans have some form of
  Cardiovascular disease (CVD)
• This Includes
• Diseases of the heart, stroke, high blood
  pressure, congestive heart failure, congenital
  heart defects, hardening of the arteries and
  other diseases of the circulatory system.

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Ways People Develop CVD

• Life Style Risk Factors
• Diet
• Lack of Exercise
• Use of Tobacco
• Stress

• Other Risk Factors
• Heredity
• Ethnicity
• Being Male
• Aging

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Life Style Risk Factors

• Can be reduced by
• Eating more fruits and vegetables
• Eating a low fat diet
• Quit smoking or avoid second hand smoke
• Relieve stress by taking up a hobby or by taking
  part in a recreational activity

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Other Risk Factors

• Life style risk factors can affect other risk
  factors.
• Risk factors such as Heredity, Aging, Being Male,
  and Ethnicity can be reduced by controlling life
  style risk factors.
• 4 out 5 who suffer fatal heart attacks are 65
• Men are at greater risk and it happens earlier in
  life
• African Americans are a greater risk of
  developing heart disease