Every 38 seconds, someone dies from cardiovascular disease, and heart disease is the number one killer of women. This Friday is National Wear Red Day, to draw attention to American Heart Month. The American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women movement promotes awareness of the risk factors for heart disease and encourages people to make healthy lifestyle choices. Appleton cardiologist Dr. Carrie Chapman says women often don’t consider heart disease or stroke to be their biggest health threat. She says women are different from men in the symptoms of a heart attack.
Chapman says it’s important to take steps to be healthy, because 80 percent of cardiac events in women can be prevented with healthy choices in diet, fitness and lifestyle.
Cardiovascular disease takes the lives of one in three women. Chapman says it’s important that people get moving.
Chapman says choosing a healthy diet can be a real challenge in Wisconsin because of our heritage of beer and brats. But she says the key is moderation.
You can find plenty of tips for living a more healthy lifestyle at heart.org.
