HLST200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cardiovascular Disease, Circulatory System, Impaired Glucose Tolerance

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Faq: what is coronary heart disease? p. 253. Faq: what is a healthy blood pressure? p. 255. Faq: what is a healthy cholesterol reading? p. 257. An invitation to health, chapter 10: lowering your risk of major diseases, pp. Cardiovascular disease (cvd), which includes both heart disease and stroke, is a leading cause of death in canada. Canadians die from cvd, canada"s cvd death rates are lower than those of the us, and in community research and programs to prevent cvd, canada is well ahead of the united states. In large part, canada"s growing burden of cvd results from the aging of the population. Cardiac-related lifestyle factors also affect other major diseases. The majority of cardiovascular disease (cvd) is caused by risk factors that can be controlled, treated or modified, such as high blood pressure, cholesterol, overweight/obesity, tobacco use, lack of physical activity and diabetes. However, there are also some major cvd risk factors that cannot be controlled.

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