30 minutes or more of activity on most or all days of the week helps reduce risk by controlling blood cholesterol, diabetes and obesity and helping to lower HBP
Why We Need Go Red For Women Obesity / Overweight
Overweight/obese women age 20 and older:
White females — 57%
Black females — 77%
Mexican-American females — 72%
Why We Need Go Red For Women Diabetes
American females with physician-diagnosed diabetes — 5.5%
American females with undiagnosed diabetes — 2.5%
Total American women age 20 and older
with diabetes — 6 million
What Is Diabetes?
A progressive disease in which your body doesn’t make enough insulin / doesn’t respond properly to it
Defined as a fasting glucose of 126 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) or more
Why Is Diabetes Bad?
66-75% of people with diabetes die of some form of CVD
Diabetes lowers “good” cholesterol, and raises “bad” cholesterol and triglyceride levels
Many people with diabetes also have high blood pressure and are overweight
Go Red For Women Helps More Women Know Their Risk
Learn your risk factors
Live a healthy lifestyle to reduce them
Know the warning signs of heart attack and stroke
Heart Attack Warning Signs
Uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain in the center of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes, or goes away and returns
Pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach
Shortness of breath with or before chest discomfort
Cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness
Stroke Warning Signs
Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body
Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding
Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes
Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination
Sudden severe headache with no known cause
Go Red For Women!
Become a Health Champion!
Sign up for Go Red today by calling 1-888-MY-HEART or visiting americanheart.org
Enroll in Choose To Move and Simple Solutions
Attend your local Go Red luncheon to help raise funds for heart disease research
Contact your local AHA to learn how to get involved in your community
