Healthy Heart

“Being more physically active and eating a healthy diet
are important steps for your heart health.
You can make the changes gradually, one at a time”.1

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What may the Healthy Heart Umbrella include?

Depending on the Source (DotS) this Umbrella may include:

  • Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
  • Healthy Heart
  • Heart Disease Prevention
  • Heart Healthy Diet/Eating
  • Heart Healthy Lifestyle

Risk Factors

Is there an association between risk factors and a healthy heart?

In Listen To Your Heart: Women and Heart Disease – Risk Factors for Heart Disease the (United States) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) elaborate on:

“Risk factors are conditions or habits that make a person more likely to develop a disease. They can also increase the chances that an existing disease will get worse. Many of the risk factors that affect men also affect women. Important risk factors for heart disease are:

  • Having high blood pressure…
  • Having high blood cholesterol…
  • Unhealthy lifestyle…
  • Being overweight or obese…
  • Diabetes and prediabetes…
  • Smoking…
  • Being physically inactive
  • Having a family history of early heart disease
  • Having a history of preeclampsia during pregnancy
  • Unhealthy diet
  • Age (55 or older for women)

Family history of early heart disease is a risk factor that can’t be changed. If your father or brother had a heart attack before age 55, or if your mother or sister had one before age 65, you are more likely to get heart disease yourself”.2

Protect Your Heart

How can we protect our heart?

In Listen To Your Heart: Women and Heart Disease – Take Action for Your Heart Health the NHLBI explain:


“While some risk factors, such as age and family history of early heart disease, can’t be changed, the truth is, there is something we can do at every stage of life to reduce our risk of heart disease.

Being more physically active and eating a healthy diet are important steps for your heart health. You can make the changes gradually, one at a time. But making them is very important.

Here’s some things you can do now for your heart health:

  • Move more…
  • Improve your nutrition and eat healthier…
  • Check your heart health stats/numbers…
  • Improve sleep and reduce stress…
  • Stop smoking…
  • Aim for a healthy weight…

So, the message is clear: Every woman needs to take her heart disease risk seriously—and take action now to reduce that risk”.3

Know Your Numbers

What numbers do I need to know for a healthy heart?

In Know Your Numbers They Could Just Save Your Life Go Red for Women elaborate on:

“Talk to your healthcare provider today to learn about your Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, Blood Sugar and BMI (Body Mass Index). Your heart depends on it”.4

Health Care Provider

What if I would like help with a healthy heart?

If you would like help with a healthy heart, it may be in your best interest to choose to talk to your health care provider about this. Together you can discuss your options and if required, agree on who may be the most appropriate health care provider to help you.

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Sources

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Sources

  1. Listen To Your Heart: Women and Heart Disease – Take Action for Heart Health. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/education-and-awareness/heart-truth/listen-to-your-heart Accessed: 21 February 2023
  2. Listen To Your Heart: Women and Heart Disease – Risk Factors for Heart Disease. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/education-and-awareness/heart-truth/listen-to-your-heart Accessed: 21 February 2023
  3. Listen To Your Heart: Women and Heart Disease – Take Action for Heart Health. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/education-and-awareness/heart-truth/listen-to-your-heart Accessed: 21 February 2023
  4. Know Your Numbers They Could Just Save Your Life. Go Red for Women https://www.goredforwomen.org/en/know-your-risk/know-your-numbers Accessed: 21 February 2023
Topic Last Updated: 24 March 2023 – Topic Last Reviewed: 21 February 2023

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