What You Need to Know

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Unchangeable

  • Family history of early heart disease
  • Past Menopause

Modifiable through diet, exercise and medications

  • Diabetes
  • High blood pressure
  • High cholesterol

Preventable

  • Smoking - quit or don't start!
  • Physical inactivity - get moving!
  • Obesity - eat wisely!

This information is from the MERCK Institute of Aging & Health