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Know Your Numbers: Seven Heart Healthy Steps

September 27, 2018
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Heart and Vascular Wellness

 

Know Your Numbers: Seven Heart Healthy Steps

 

Maintaining a healthy diet and active lifestyle is your best defense against heart disease - it just a matter of making the right choices. The American Heart Association has identified seven health factors and lifestyle behaviors that can improve heart health. Known as "Life's Simple 7" - these steps can help add years to your life:

  1. Stop Smoking 
  2. Maintain a Healthy Weight 
  3. Eat a Healthy Diet 
  4. Engage in Regular Physical Activity 
  5. Manage Blood Pressure 
  6. Take charge of cholesterol 
  7. Keep Blood Sugar (Glucose)  at healthy levels

To Help You Achieve Life's Simple 7:

  • Take Action. Take the American Heart Association's My Life Check Assessment
    • Click Here! >>
    • Find out your own heart score and the steps you can take to improve your health. 
  • Create An Action Plan. Choose one of the seven simple action plans available. All recommendations listed for each action plan have the following common goals:
    • Any one can make these changes
    • Recommended steps are not expensive to take
    • Choose simple steps and start out slowly
    • Even modest improvements to your health will make a big difference.
  • Tell Family and Friends About Your Plans. Ask for support.
  • Contact Your Healthcare Plan. Many healthcare plans and insurance companies offer incentives and advice to help you exercise, lose weight or quit smoking.  

 

Also, Check Out These Great Heart-Healthy Wellness Programs from Chester County Hospital:


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