September 28th is World Heart Day
World Heart Day 2008: Know Your Risk
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Do you know your risk?
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Celebrated
annually on the last Sunday of September, World Heart Day encourages healthy
heart awareness. Adopt a healthy lifestyle to help maintain a young heart
and help prevent heart attacks and strokes. Choose a healthy diet, be
physically active, and avoid smoking.Heart disease and stroke are the world’s greatest killers, claiming 17.5
million lives a year which represents nearly one third of all deaths in the
world.
This year’s theme “Know Your Risk” is a call to action to help people
better understand their personal risk for cardiovascular disease, including
hypertension (high blood pressure). Join people around the world in adopting
a heart-healthy lifestyle to help maintain a young heart for life.
Since 1999, the World Heart Federation (WHF) and its 189 cardiology
societies and heart foundations in more than 100 countries have celebrated
World Heart Day. Celebrated annually, on the last Sunday of September, this
event and activities leading up to the day, increase public awareness and
promote preventive measures to reduce cardiovascular disease and stroke on a
global scale.
To learn more about World Heart Day and
how you can get involved, visit
http://www.worldheartday.org*.
Send
a Work Heart Day Health-e-Card.
For more information about CDC’s programs related to heart disease and
stroke prevention, please visit the
following CDC Web sites:
For more information about World Heart Day and activities in various
countries, please visit the
World Heart Federation.*
*Links to non–Federal organizations are provided solely as a service to our users. Links do not constitute an endorsement of any organization by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. The CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at this link.
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Page last reviewed: August 1, 2008
Page last modified: August 1, 2008
Content source: Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention,
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion
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