World Heart Day is an annual event which takes place on 29 September every year. Each year’s celebrations have a different theme, reflecting key issues and topics relating to heart health. This year our theme is creating heart-healthy environments.
What is the theme this year?
This year, World Heart Day’s theme is creating heart-healthy environments. The places in which we live, work and play should not increase our risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). But individuals frequently cannot make heart-healthy choices due to environmental factors, such as the availability of healthy food or smoke-free zones.
About Heart Federation
he World Heart Federation is a nongovernmental organization based in Geneva, Switzerland. The World Heart Federation is committed to uniting its members and leads the global fight against heart disease and do many more.
So Get active
Many studies have shown the benefits of exercise for preventing CVD, with a team of researchers from Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University even calling exercise a “magic bullet” when it comes to tacking the global problem of cardiovascular disease. After evaluating research on the health benefits of exercise the authors found that even just brisk walking for 20 minutes a day could not only burn around 700 calories a week, but also reduce the risk of heart disease by as much as 30 to 40 percent.
Why to Celebrate World Heart Day?
World heart day is celebrated all across the world to reduce the number of deaths because of cardiovascular diseases worldwide. It is an international campaign to spread awareness among common public to save them and motivate to live with healthy heart. According to the WHO, cardiovascular diseases are the reason of around 30% deaths of all global deaths. Some of the most dangerous risk factors leading to the heart disease and stroke are high blood pressure, high level of bad cholesterol, increased glucose level, smoking habit, inadequate intake of diet, fruit and vegetables, increased weight, and obesity.
World Heart Day is an effective way established by the world heart federation to aware people around the globe that heart ailments are the leading cause of death. World Heart Federation, in collaboration with the WHO, spreads important news about heart diseases and main risk factors to the public worldwide.
