This 'World Heart Day', be a 'heart hero' by making these five significant health promises to self!
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Do you wish to be a heart hero? In a campaign to establish and spread awareness about the health of heart among common people all through the world, World Heart Day today, seems a good opportunity to save millions of those!
Every year, being celebrated as a celebration to draw attention to the subjects related to the heart, its theme is usually made keeping in mind the main issue of the heart. The theme this time on World Heart Day however is set on 'My Heart, Your Heart'. Founded in the year 2000, the day seeks to inform people to take care of their heart aligning to the problems leading causes of death in the world.
A huge percentage of common public in the society is suffering from the heart diseases like stroke, heart attack, heart failure. These heart related problems and aligning deaths can be solved by active involvement of the common public, by us itself through the health campaign on the world heath day.
Ensuring heart health equity for all as a part of mission towards a healthy life, the global community at large, from all the walks of life should act wise to live longer, better, heart-healthy by making a few promises noted here:
1. A promise to cook and eat more healthily
2. A promise to exercise more and be more active
3. A promise to say no to smoking and help our loved ones to stop
4. A promise to support policies that promote healthy hearts
5. A promise to invest in heart healthy workplaces
According to the World Heart Federation, at least 80 per cent of the premature deaths, because of cardiovascular diseases can be protected by controlling four main risk factors such as unhealthy diet, tobacco use, lack of physical activity and use of alcohol.
By making just a few small changes to our lives, we can reduce our risk of heart disease and stroke, as well as improve our quality of life setting a good example for the next generation. It’s about saying to yourself, the people you care about and individuals all around the world, “What can I do right now to look after my heart and your heart?”
