Heart Disease - Reducing Risk

General Overview                         

Smoking                        

Nutrition                        

Body Weight                        

Exercise                        

Other Factors

General Overview

• Preventing Cardiac Risk: Important Lifestyle Changes (Providence)                   
• Cholesterol: The good, the bad – And how to keep it from getting ugly (Providence)                  
• Managing Your Weight (American Heart Association)                         
• Live Healthier, Live Longer   (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)                   
• Keeping Your Heart Healthy (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)                   
• Heart Disease: How to Reduce Your Risk (American Academy of Family Physicians)                   
• Your Guide to Lowering High Blood Pressure (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)

Smoking

• Smoking: You CAN Kick the Habit (Providence)                   
• Smoking: Steps to Help You Break the Habit (American Academy of Family Physicians)

Nutrition

• Dining Out at Home (Providence and Anthony's HomePort)                   
• Heart-healthy recipes (Providence)
• Diet and Nutrition (American Heart Association)                   
• Stay Young at Heart: Cooking the Heart-Healthy Way (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)

Body Weight

• Aim for a Healthy Weight (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)                 
• Calculate Your Body Mass Index (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)

Exercise

• Exercise and Fitness (American Heart Association)
• Benefits of Physical Activity for a Healthy Heart (American Medical Association)

Other Factors                  

• Stress and Heart Disease (American Heart Association)
• Sexual Activity and Heart Disease or Stroke (American Heart Association)