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YOUR GUIDE TO A HEALTHY HEART

Learn valuable tips and information on preventing heart disease, including its risk factors and impact. Discover simple ways to improve heart health through lifestyle changes.

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YOUR GUIDE TO A HEALTHY HEART

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  1. YOUR GUIDE TO AHEALTHY HEART Tips to Prevent Heart Disease www.fittowork.net

  2. World Heart Day, • World Heart Day, annual observance and celebration held on September 29 that is intended to increase public awareness of cardiovascular diseases, including their prevention and their global impact. HEALTHCARE DEPARTMENT - Tips to Prevent Heart Disease

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  4. Heart is the most hard-working muscle of our body Your heart: Interesting Facts HEALTHCARE DEPARTMENT - Tips to Prevent Heart Disease

  5. What is Heart Disease? • A common term describing a group of diseases that cause a blockage of blood flow, affecting circulation in the heart, brain, and other body parts. • Not having blood delivered to our body can cause serious illness or even death. HEALTHCARE DEPARTMENT - Tips to Prevent Heart Disease

  6. Heart Attack Occurs when blood flow to a section of heart muscle becomes blocked, most often, the result of coronary artery disease HEALTHCARE DEPARTMENT - Tips to Prevent Heart Disease

  7. How Big is the Problem ? In the US, heart disease burden is more than $320 billion in annual healthcare costs and lost productivity HEALTHCARE DEPARTMENT - Tips to Prevent Heart Disease

  8. Risk Factors Risk factors are conditions or habits that make a person more likely to develop a disease. Fixed (You can’t help it) • Modifiable ( you can make the change) HEALTHCARE DEPARTMENT - Tips to Prevent Heart Disease

  9. What Can You Do? • Set realistic goals for yourself • Reject excessive demands on your time • 7 simple ways HEALTHCARE DEPARTMENT - Tips to Prevent Heart Disease

  10. Let’s Get Started : 7 simple ways • Life’s Simple 7 • Avoid smoking and using tobacco products • Be physically active every day • Eat a heart-healthy diet • Keep a healthy weight • Keep your blood pressure healthy • Keep your total cholesterol healthy • Keep your blood sugar healthy HEALTHCARE DEPARTMENT - Tips to Prevent Heart Disease

  11. Smoking & Heart Health A smoker’s risk of developing heart disease is 2-4 times greater than a non-smoker Exposure to secondhand smoke can even increase the risk of heart disease for a nonsmoker! HEALTHCARE DEPARTMENT - Tips to Prevent Heart Disease

  12. Don’t Smoke or Use Smokeless Tobacco • Using ANY tobacco product can cause heart disease and cancer. • Using smokeless tobacco is NOT a safe alternative to smoking! • There are thousands of chemicals found in cigarette smoke HEALTHCARE DEPARTMENT - Tips to Prevent Heart Disease

  13. Be Physically Active • Regular physical activity helps keep your heart, muscles, bones, and joints healthy and strong. • Physical activity can also improve your mood, help you sleep better and give you more energy. Doctors recommend 30-60 minutes of physical activity on most days of the week. HEALTHCARE DEPARTMENT - Tips to Prevent Heart Disease

  14. Eat a Heart-Healthy Diet Eating healthy foods is one of the most important ways to keep your heart and body working at its best. Limit / Avoid HEALTHCARE DEPARTMENT - Tips to Prevent Heart Disease

  15. Keep a Healthy Weight • Excess body fat increases your risk for • High blood pressure • High blood cholesterol • High triglycerides • Diabetes • Heart disease HEALTHCARE DEPARTMENT - Tips to Prevent Heart Disease

  16. Energy In! Energy Out! • Everyone needs a certain amount of calories to perform their normal daily activities. • If you gained weight, that means you took in more calories than your body needed. • If you eat fewer calories than you use, you can lose weight. HEALTHCARE DEPARTMENT - Tips to Prevent Heart Disease

  17. Keep Your Blood Pressure Healthy • high blood pressure, or hypertension, is an important risk factor for heart disease. • People with high blood pressure are more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than people with normal blood pressure. HEALTHCARE DEPARTMENT - Tips to Prevent Heart Disease

  18. Measuring Blood Pressure • Measuring your blood pressure is quick and painless. • Your blood pressure can be measured by your doctor, nurse, or you can check it yourself. • Ideally, we should all have a blood pressure below 120 over 80 (120/80). HEALTHCARE DEPARTMENT - Tips to Prevent Heart Disease

  19. Keep Your Total Cholesterol Under Control • Some cholesterol is important for good health, but too much cholesterol is not good. • Cholesterol combines with other substances to form “plaque,” which is a thick, hard deposit that can narrow the arteries. HEALTHCARE DEPARTMENT - Tips to Prevent Heart Disease

  20. Keep Your Blood Sugar Healthy • Diabetes is a huge and growing burden: 415 million adults were living with diabetes in 2015. • People with diabetes 48% more likely to suffer heart attack. HEALTHCARE DEPARTMENT - Tips to Prevent Heart Disease

  21. Now It’s Your Turn • Whether your blood pressure, cholesterol or glucose is high or normal, you can help keep your heart healthy by following the first four steps in Life’s Simple 7! • Avoid smoking and using tobacco products • Be physically active every day • Eat a heart-healthy diet • Keep a healthy weight HEALTHCARE DEPARTMENT - Tips to Prevent Heart Disease

  22. Remember - Life’s Simple 7 • Remember, you can stop heart disease before it starts. www.fittowork.net

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