3. How do weight gain or maintaining a healthy weight control cardiovascular disease? Obesity and sedentary lifestyles are epidemics in the United States that contribute to increased risk of cardiovascular disease. The prevalence of obesity has increased among both men and women in the United States in the past decade; currently about one third of adult women (or 34 million) are classified as obese. Also, 60% of both men and women get no regular physical activity. Obesity, especially abdominal adiposity, is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease in…
A review of literature, was done by using Cinahl, medline and Cochrane databases. A Combination of Keywords used for research were obesity and heart attack and above age group 56, which refined the research by resulting 15,084 hits. Limitation required to be set to reduce the numbers of articles to be refined. Selection criteria used to limit the search down by filtering the search by peer reviewed, English language, and data range between years 2008-2015. Numbers of articles hits after selection criteria was 943 still allot to be reviewed.…
However, as per the American Heart Association (AHA) (2015), the risk of heart disease increases with increase in the age (both men and women) with most them being 60 years and older. The age, along with some other risk factors (both modifiable and non-modifiable) can contribute to the heart diseases in any individual (“Cardiovascular Disease,” 2011). The modifiable risk factors are hypertension, obesity, cholesterol levels, smoking habit, diet, diabetes, and physical activity (“Cardiovascular Disease,” 2011). Non-modifiable risk factors include age, family history, and gender (“Cardiovascular Disease,” 2011). Therefore, the population of interest in this initiative is the adults and older adults with both modifiable and non-modifiable risk…
Nutrition is an important lifestyle factor that promotes growth and maintains a healthy body throughout an individual’s life. If an individual lives a sedentary life style and maintains a poor diet he/she will become at risk for developing life threatening diseases varying in different conditions from chronic and acute. Examples of such diseases included but not limited to be heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and cancer. Life threatening diseases mentioned above and other disorders will & may contribute too many deaths Risk factors such as hereditary, life style choices or poor nutritional habits also contribute to life threatening diseases.…
Sometimes, just because you may be related to a person, it doesn't make them family. This was a theme that was beaten into to us throughout the story of the Outsiders. So many characters dealt with fathers beating them, mothers turning a blind eye, whether it was from sheer will or from drug abuse. The “Greasers” and the “Socs” both had to deal with parents abandoning them, being neglected, and not having parents there when their own children needed them most. It seemed like if you had a kid in this story that was even a little essential to the plot, you were the epitome of bad parenting.…
A person could probably name several reasons for consuming and healthier diet and participating in a regular exercise program. Heart disease would be one of the reasons specifically. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and is a major cause of disability. More than 616,000 people die of heart diseases in the U.S. each year. That is about 25% of all U.S. deaths. According to the American Heart Association, all cardiovascular disease costs $444.2 billion on average every year, including health care services, medications, and lost productivity. (American Heart Association)…
Fast food is an expensive meal, but it contains lots of cholesterol, carbohydrates, calories, fat and salt. Scientists are unable to say that fast is the major causes for heart disease. This is a relation between the consumption of fast food high in cholesterol and cardiovascular disease. When the diet is low in saturated fats, trans fats and high in vegetables, monounsaturated fatty acids, nuts, then this diet lead to decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease…
Hypertensive heart disease is obviously caused by high blood pressure. High blood pressure means the pressure inside the blood vessels, which is arteries is too high. As the heart pumps, it must pump against the pressure, so it must work harder. Gradually, the heart muscles will be thicken. Sometimes it does not get enough oxygen because the muscle is too thick. It influenced your heart to pump regularly and its functions. These changes could effect the thickening and enlargement of the heart (left ventricle).…
For almost a century, heart disease has been the most common cause of death. With this false information people have been making it worse. About 610,000 people in the U.S. have died from heart disease. That's 1/4th of all deaths that occur nowadays. If people knew that sugar was the cause of this the sugar industry would…
4) Ok. Why is it important to be informed about cardiovascular diseases and the dangers of an unhealthy heart?…
There are many different types of heart diseases. Coronary seems to be the main form.…
Heart disease, technically known as cardiovascular disease (CVD), is the number one killer of African Americans. Cardiovascular disease is the narrowing of arteries due to the build-up of atherosclerosis, or plaque, in the walls of arteries (Heart.org). This narrowing of the blood vessels and arteries causes the blockage of oxygen and blood supply needed for proper function of the heart. African Americans are at much higher risk for heart disease because of socioeconomic status, cultural habits, and poor health services. Heredity is also a risk of heart disease among blacks. According to the American Heart and Stroke Association, 44.8% of black men and 47.3% of black women have cardiovascular disease. There were 46,819 deaths of black men and 49,819 deaths of black women in 2008 (Heart.org). Heart disease is preventable and can be reduced significantly if heredity plays a role as a risk factor. Awareness of heart disease in urban communities can also play an important role in persuading people to change their lifestyle habits in order to lead a healthy heart life.…
Largely, the American population believes that heart disease is mostly affiliated with a man, which is true until women reach menopause and then their rate of heart disease increases and by the time women and men are at the age of 75, the risk of heart disease is equal in men and women. While largely women who die from heart disease may still have ten more years of life than men who do, the exception lies in the population of women with diabetes who actually have a higher-risk of heart disease than do non-diabetic men (Prevention, 1997).…
A person’s diet can extremely effect diseases. If a person has diabetes it can lead to an increase risks with kidney disease, strokes, infections and heart disease. (World Health Organisation) Obesity can also be a problem, people are taking in too much fats and sugars which are causing problems such as heart disease or type 2 diabetes. All of these things link to unhealthy eating and can cause many problems and cause many diseases for a person if they are not keeping a healthy diet and exercising enough to keep themselves fit.…
If you’re overweight you’re more likely to have a heart attack, especially if you’re weight is around the stomach area. If you lose weight you can cut the risk of heart disease. Overweight people improve their blood pressure by losing weight. The most common form of heart disease among people is called coronary heart disease. It occurs when the coronary arteries bringing blood to the heart get clogged up fat which causes them to narrow.…