Better heart health

The identification of risk factors and risk factor modification strategies is essential in the prevention and management of CHD and other heart diseases. The most important risk factors for heart diseases are unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use, and alcohol consumption. The effects of these behavioral risk factors present as hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes, and overweight and obesity. 8 According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 80% of heart diseases are preventable if these risk factors were eliminated.