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What are your Heart Disease Risk Factors?
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There are a number of known and proven heart disease risk factors... things that scientific studies have shown without doubt contribute to the development of various types of heart disease. Knowing what these risk factors are is the first step in being able to take positive action.Following are the key heart disease risk factors. These factors play a role in developing or having recurring heart disease:
SmokingLack of exerciseBeing overweightHigh cholesterolHigh blood pressureStressDiabetes Family history, age, and gender
There are only three things you can’t change – your gender, your age, and your family history.
Everything else is up to you!
Here's what you CAN do:
Quit smoking
- now!Get more active, start an
exercise
program, and
lose weight
Eat a
heart healthy diet
- more fruit, vegetables, fibre - less fat, salt, and sugar
Manage your stress
and make wise lifestyle choicesKnow and manage your
blood pressure
and
cholesterol
levelsGet regular checkups
That’s smart heart living.
Check out the links above for more information on each of these factors and for ideas and resources to make healthy choices and changes in your life.
How have you managed your heart disease risk factors?
Your experience, whether it's quitting smoking, losing weight, starting an exercise program, reducing stress, controlling your blood pressure, etc., can be hugely beneficial to others who may be struggling with the same or similar challenges.
By sharing your story and describing how you overcame some diversity, or achieved certain milestones, you can help others to be more successful with their own challenges.
(NOTE: Click the blue question marks for tips and additional information.)
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