Get The Facts
About Your Heart!!
February is Heart Health Awareness
Month. Many health organizations come together with campaigns to
increase the public’s awareness that -
Heart disease is the # 1 Killer Of Both Men & Women!!
The medical community has also documented through research that Family
Health is critical, if we are to prevent our children from developing
heart disease. Due to the rapid increase of overweight and obesity in
our children, they will be dealing with heart disease at an earlier age
than their parents and grandparents. We are looking at the first
generation of children whose life expectancy is lower than their
parents.
On Friday, February 6, 2009 the first campaign to kick off Heart Health
Awareness
Month.
National GO RED for Women’s Day
The first National GO RED day was
sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, part of the
National Institute of Health, and the Office of Women’s Health in 2002.
Check out these websites for information on how to prevent heart disease
in women.
Risk Factors for Heart Disease
- Smoking
- High blood pressure
- High blood cholesterol
- Overweight/obesity
- Physical inactivity
- Diabetes
- Family history of early heart disease
- Age
Here are some good websites for the guys to check
out for help with preventing heart disease
The government and medical community is
striving to get the message out that we need to act now to stop the tide
of childhood overweight and obesity. This problem is putting our
children on the path to high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes
and heart disease. Family Health is critical to prevent these
health issues. Here are some of the main steps to take and the whole
family needs to be involved.
Focus on more fruits & veggies
Move it – we all need physical activity daily
Limit TV and “screen time” to less than 1 hour daily
Don’t Sugar coat it!! – Cut back on sugary drinks & foods
To help your family move in the right direction, check out these
websites – they have kid friendly advice for the whole family.
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this page
www.doh.state.fl.us
Palm Beach County:
Florenzia Davis, PhD,MS,RD,LD/N
Senior Public Health Nutritionist
(561) 671-4000 x 4048
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