Heart Failure Prevention: Not Too Late To Get Fit In Middle Age

Heart Failure Prevention – “Middle aged and out of shape? It’s not too late to get fit – and reduce your risk for heart failure, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Quality of Care and Outcome.” …

Its Not Too Late To Get Fit In Middle Age

Heart Healthy Tips: Reduce Your Risk For Heart Failure

In the United States, heart disease is the number one killer of both women and men. It affects many people at midlife, as well as in old age. More than 5.1 million Americans live with heart failure, according to the American Heart Association, and by 2030, the prevalence of heart failure may increase 25 percent from 2013 estimates. As more people survive heart attacks, the number of people living with heart failure is increasing. The good news is that you have a lot of power to protect and improve your heart health. Heart disease prevention is not as hard as you may think.

Are you middle aged and out of shape? There is good news … it’s not too late to get fit, and reduce your risk for heart failure, according to research. “Improving fitness is a good heart failure prevention strategy – along with controlling blood pressure and improving diet and lifestyle – that could be employed in mid-life to decrease the risk of heart failure in later years,” Pandey said.

Here’s an article at “Medical News Today” that discusses heart failure prevention, and the findings of the research presented at American Heart Association’s Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013.