What are the modifiable and unmodifiable risk factors for heart disease

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What are the modifiable and unmodifiable risk factors for heart disease

What are the modifiable and unmodifiable risk factors for heart disease

Question #1:

“About 610,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year–that’s 1 in every 4 deaths. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. … Of these, 525,000 are a first heart attack and 210,000 happen in people who have already had a heart attack.”

What are the modifiable and unmodifiable risk factors for heart disease? What are the modifiable and unmodifiable risk factors for heart disease

In your opinion, why is heart disease still the leading cause of death in the U.S.?

Would you say that you follow a heart healthy diet? Why or why not?

Question #2:

After reading the article: “Impact of a four-year wellness programme on coronary artery disease risk in male employees”, why do you think changes in BMI and HDL cholesterol were not significant?

Do you feel that the program was successful? Why or why not?

Have you ever participated in an employer based wellness program and if so, what was your experience?

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African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance (AJPHERD)

Vol. 17, No. 3 (September) 2011, pp. 489-501.

 

 

Impact of a four-year wellness programme on coronary artery

disease risk in male employees

L. LATEGAN, D.C. LOURENS AND A.J.J. LOMBARD

Department of Sport and Movement Studies, University of Johannesburg, South Africa; E-mail:

leonl@uj.ac.za

(Received: 21 February 2011; Revision Accepted: 12 May 2011).

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Abstract

During the last few decades employers have realised that the health of an employee can have a

positive influence on productivity.Thus, some corporate employers started implementing

wellness programmes as part of their employee assistance programmes. In order to evaluate the

impact of such programmes, the present study used a sample of 91 male employees. Baseline

medical screening was performed after which a wellness programme was introduced. Employees

were monitored every year for progress and the post-test was performed at the end of the four-

year period. Employees were monitored for changes in total cholesterol (TC), high-density

lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), low- density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), triglycerides (TG),

TC/HDL ratio, LDL/HDL ratio, fasting blood glucose (BG), systolic blood pressure (SBP),

diastolic blood pressure (DBP), body mass index (BMI) and total coronary artery disease (CAD)

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