Obesity and Your Heart
Cleveland Clinic finds that Americans’ lack of
knowledge about obesity is putting their heart health at risk
February is American Hearth Health Month and according to the
Cleveland Clinic’s 2019 Heart Health Survey, even though a vast majority of
Americans (88%) understand the connection between a healthy heart and
maintaining a healthy weight, and 65 percent are worried about
getting heart disease due to extra pounds, yet less than half (43 percent) of
Americans have tried to make dietary changes to lose weight and 40 percent of
those who describe themselves as overweight or obese say they aren’t careful
about which foods they eat. Read full article on the Patch
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