Our Hearts' Our Choice' Speak Up to Save Lives

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Our Hearts. Our Choice.Speak Up to Save Lives
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ACTIVITY
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• Of the women who die each year, one in three
  die fromcardiovascular disease.
• Change the statistic
• Make the right choices
• for your heart.

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• Our Hearts. Our Choice.
• Choose to Live!

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Choose to Beat Heart Disease

• How to Choose Heart Health
• Eat healthy
• Exercise for 30 minutes most days of the week
• Quit smoking
• Lose excess weight
• Know your family history of heart disease
• Take the Go Red Heart CheckUp
• Schedule an appointment with your doctor to
  understand your risk.

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Choose to Know the Facts

• Cardiovascular disease causes almost 460,000
  female deaths a year and approximately one
  death per minute
• 43 million American women are living with
  cardiovascular disease.
• 64 of women who die suddenly from coronary heart
  disease have no previous symptoms of the
  disease.
• Cardiovascular disease is largely preventable.

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What have we Learned?

• Heart disease can strikewomen at any age.
• Factors leading to heartdisease originate in
  young women and develop over time.
• Lifestyle changes and the choices you make can
  prevent or at leastpostpone heart disease.

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Signs of a Heart Attack

• Chest discomfort
• Discomfort in upper body
• Shortness of breath
• Cold sweat
• Nausea
• Lightheadedness

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Am I at Risk?

• Uncontrollable Risk Factors
• Increasing Age
• Heredity
• Race

• Controllable Risk Factors
• Cholesterol
• Blood Pressure
• Physical (In)activity
• Obesity and Overweight
• Type II Diabetes
• Smoking

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CVD in African American and Hispanic Women

• Nearly half (46) of all non-Hispanic
  African-American females have some form of heart
  disease, stroke or other cardio-vascular disease
  (CVD).
• Nearly one-third (37) of all deaths in Hispanic
  females are caused by diseases of the heart and
  stroke.

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Choose to Share Your Story

• Gail shares her story
• so that others can live.

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Choose to eat baked, not fried

• Choose lean meats
• Eat a healthy diet low in saturated fat,
  transfat, cholesterol and sodium
• Eat more fruits and vegetables
• Find cooking tips and recipes in the Go Red For
  Women Recipe Collection cookbook available at
  ShopGoRed.org

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Choose to know your risk

• Online tool to educate
• women about their heart
• health and encourage
• patient-physician dialogue

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Choose to Be a BetterU

• FREE 12-week online program that can help you
  transform your
• health with small, simple choices.
• Tools, tips and information that can add up to a
  complete heart makeover.
• 12 weeks of step-by-step guidance on becoming
  healthy.
• Guidance to stay on track with the BetterMe
  Coaching Tool.
• Long- and short-term goal setting to help provide
  motivation.
• Journaling capabilities for tracking achievements.

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Choose to Inspire Connect

• Sign up and find useful tools at
  GoRedForWomen.org
• Become a part of the Go Red Community
• Share your story of the choices you have made to
  improve your well-being at GoRedForWomen.org.
• Unite with over one million women
• Invite friends to participate in a Go Red
  Discussion Group

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Choose to Take Action

• Host your own National Wear Red Day or wear
  red to show your support
• Visit GoRedForWomen.org to find a local Go Red
  event near you
• Attend a Go Red For Women Luncheon
• Support the cause through ShopGoRed.com

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Choose to Speak Up

• SPEAK UP for yourself
• Tell your family youll change your habits and
  need their support.
• Ask for heart healthy options for any meal you
  eat.
• Ask your doctor for a lipo-protein blood screen
  and take the GRFW Heart CheckUp
• Talk with your doctor or nurse to design a
  personal action plan that works for you and
  your lifestyle.
• Enroll in the Go Red BetterU, a free 12 week,
  heart-health makeover.

• SPEAK UP for others
• Tell everyone you know that the 1 killer of
  women is heart disease.
• Share your voice to empower others by example.
  Speak Up at GoRedForWomen.org.
• Support the Go Red movement by signing up at
  GoRedForWomen.org
• Make a donation to GRFW.
• Support the Heart for Women Act that helps women
  who do not have insurance.

and help save lives.
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Choose to Empower Yourself

• Visit GoRedForWomen.org
• Search for heart-healthy recipes
• Learn your risk for heart disease
• Take the Go Red Heart CheckUp
• Sign up for information
• Register for the Go Red BetterU
• Take Action!

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QUESTIONS?