![]() That creates complex behavioral changes that are very, very difficult to remedy later on in life.įaith: So number one, don’t smoke. If we don’t find ways at a systemic level of making people more active, and you try to only address these things in a doctor’s office when the person is already suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes that maybe wasn’t even noted but had been going on for five or 10 years, well, it’s difficult to catch up.Īnd what’s particularly sad about this is that a lot of our kids at very young ages are becoming overweight, coming in with high blood pressure and developing diabetes. ![]() If people don’t start these activities at a young age and they get behind, it is extremely difficult to adopt them later on. Majure: Right and it’s not just your heart, you know, fortunately, all these things point to just an overall wellness, healthfulness, and holistic approach towards being healthy. Or 75 minutes per week of vigorous activity.įaith: And of course these are all related because if you are walking, you are going to be creating a lifestyle that’s better for your heart.ĭr. The current recommendation for exercise is 150 minutes per week.ĭr. Majure: So physical activity, which is an obvious next one, right? When you think about the most common causes of kidney failure, they’re very similar to that of heart failure. People that are obese are more likely to suffer from high blood pressure, which also damages the blood vessels throughout the body. The high inflammation in the body can predispose to arterio-sclerosis or damage to the blood vessels. So as people develop diabetes, the high levels of glucose in their blood leads to damage to blood vessels throughout the body, such as in the eyes, in the heart, in the gut, elsewhere in the body, in the legs. It predisposes the tissues to being insensitive to insulin, and diabetes is the primary mediator of many of these problems. Quite simply being overweight and obese predisposes to diabetes. to really address obesity in a meaningful fashion.īeing overweight in and of itself directly is not the problem. We can talk to them about exercise, but ultimately this is a policy level problem. Now we can certainly advise people about obesity. You know, unfortunately from a healthcare perspective, we are usually dealing with this after the fact. And that actually increased from 30% two decades prior. So we’re already talking about in a pathologic state. Majure: That’s not overweight, that’s obese. So in 2017, the last real statistics that we have from one of the large databases that we use to track these things in the US, 41.9% of the country was obese.ĭr. And we are approaching 50% of our country being obese, meaning having a body mass index of greater than 30. It’s a real big issue in the United States. Especially as it relates to young people using flavored cigarettes.ĭr. I’m fearful that we’re going to lose the progress that we’ve made because of the growth in e-cigarettes. We’ve known this for decades and fortunately had to go through a huge battle to actually get anywhere in terms of limiting cigarette consumption. I can even point to one easy tool that the AHA put together, which is this idea of “life’s simple eight.” The ways that we can have optimal cardiovascular health.ĭr. Maybe the thing to think about here are the things that lead to heart disease and how they impact you because of the things that could impact the likelihood of a person developing a diseased heart, what are the things that we can prevent? What are the ways to keep our hearts healthy?ĭr. It’s the pump that provides those nutrients to all of our tissues.įaith: Now, the heart is a vital organ. The heart is allowing those chemical interactions to occur so that we can continue to live. Majure: The heart, it’s a pump and it’s basically moving blood through your body to deliver oxygen to help remove carbon dioxide, to allow the cellular processes that our organs and tissues do on a second to second basis. Can you explain the role the heart plays in our body?ĭr. Thanks for having me.įaith: Let’s start with the basics. He explains how these factors are all interconnected and that reducing the risk of heart disease will require both individual effort to live a healthier lifestyle and systemic change to support it.įaith: Hi, Dr. Majure helps us connect the dots to show how these measures are more than just a checklist. David Majure, a cardiologist at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine, walked us through the American Heart Association’s eight key measures that promote heart health.ĭr. What is the secret to a healthy heart? This week Dr.
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