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Lead the Way and Plan a Wear Red Day National Wear Red Day is coming Feb. 5, 2010. But it takes just one person to start Wear Red Day on any day of the year. Let that person be you! Consider organizing a Wear Red Day at your workplace, with your faith-based organization, at your community center or even in your own home. Speak up. Inspire your friends, neighbors, coworkers and family members to show their support for the fight against heart disease! How to Celebrate We've made it simple with our free, downloadable tools. Just sign up as a Wear Red Day Coordinator and you’ll be able to use the tools anytime of the year to host your own Wear Red Day event. You can also celebrate Wear Red Day by: •Getting your coworkers to join you in wearing red to work •Asking the man in your life to wear something red •Promoting healthy hearts with a heart-healthy meal for your friends and family •Using our Wear Red Day fundraising tool to reach out to friends and family and donating proceeds to Go Red For Women. The threat of heart disease in women is real. But this silent killer can be beaten. So sign up, download the tools and start speaking up for yourself and others with a Wear Red Day! |
Go Red For Women is the American Heart Association’s solution to save women’s lives. Too many women die each year because they are unaware that heart disease is their No. 1 killer. One in three women dies of this largely preventable disease – that’s almost one woman every minute. |
SPEAK UP TO SAVE LIVES |
A message from Jennie Garth I can truly speak from my heart on the subject of heart disease because it has affected me my entire life. It’s the one huge family health issue on both sides, and it runs strong. It all started when my father suffered a heart attack and was diagnosed with arterial sclerosis at age 37, which is the exact age I am today. Over the course of 30 years, he underwent several open-heart surgeries, bypasses, stent, balloons, you name it. Caring for him throughout the years and seeing firsthand how the disease affected our family made me want to take my health into my own hands. When I turned 30, I found a wonderful cardiologist and committed to going every year for a checkup even though I was convinced I’d be the exception to the family gene pool. Instead, I found out that I had a leaky heart valve. It’s not a serious condition, but it reminds me how important it is to stay in tune with my body. Today, I read everything I can on healthy living. I make healthy choices for myself and my daughters – I hardly eat fried foods, don’t smoke and stay active. Even though my father lost his battle, he is still an inspiration to me along with my beautiful girls and amazing husband. Together, we can bring a voice to this silent killer and truly prevent heart disease—and I’m living proof. I go absolutely, crazy red for my family, my daughters and my hubby. |
WHY SPEAK UP? Cardiovascular disease kills approximately 450,000 women each year, about one every minute. While 1 in 30 American women die of breast cancer, about 1 in 3 die from cardiovascular disease. More women die of cardiovascular disease than the next five causes of death combined, including all forms of cancer. Ninety percent of women have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease. Only 1 in 5 women believe that heart disease is her greatest health threat. Heart disease is largely preventable. In fact, 80 percent of cardiac events in women may be prevented if women make the right choices for their hearts, involving diet, exercise and abstinence from smoking. |
WHY GO RED? Research shows that women who “Go Red” are more likely to make healthy choices. More than one-third have lost weight. Nearly 55 percent have increased their exercise. Six out of ten have changed their diets. More than 40 percent have checked their cholesterol levels. One third have talked with their doctors about developing heart health plans. |