Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), including heart attacks and strokes, are the number one cause of death globally: more people die annually from CVDs than from any other cause.
The World Heart Day is activated every year on September 29th. This year's day is celebrated under the theme: “One World, One Home, One Hearth”. It is basically intended to raise people's awareness of the health factors associated to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), such as obesity, lack of physical activity and smoking (tobacco-use), as well as the ways and suggestions to reduce the burden of such factors to the lowest possible level.
The logo of this year's World Heart Day places particular emphases on children and women. The CVDs afflicting these two groups are not alike.
Women underestimate their CVD risk, due to the common.
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http://www.world-heart-federation.org/what-we-do/awareness/world-heart-day/