Stay healthy and having a healthy heart is very important as cardiovascular disease is the world’s number one killer today. Just by doing little changes in our lifestyle like walking, exercising, eating healthy, and avoiding alcohol, smoking can keep our heart healthy.

WORLD HEART DAY 2020 THEME

This year’s theme of World Heart federation for the world heart day 2020 is to Use heart to Beat CVD. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death and it has many causes: smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity, air pollution, and rare and untreated disorders such as Chagas disease and cardiac amyloidosis.

CVD patients are facing double-edged threat at the time of COVID-19. Not only they are at greater risk of getting a serious infection, but also their treatment for heart disease may get affected.

This World Heart Day is all about spreading awareness about using heart for different purposes like:

Use the heart to make better choices like eating a healthy diet, saying no to tobacco, sticking to safe alcohol guidelines, and getting plenty of exercises – setting an example for our children and loved ones.

Use Heart to listen to your Heart means in conditions like heart disease, heart failure, diabetes, high blood pressure, or obesity, don’t let COVID-19 stop you attending your regular check-ups. And never avoid calling the emergency services if you need to – it’s safe and medical professionals are there for you.

Use Heart for society, your loved ones and you

Use Heart to Thank Health care professionals

Use Heart to take part in bringing positive change and to help people live longer, better, healthier lives.

Information source: https://www.world-heart-federation.org/world-heart-day/world-heart-day-2020/

Stay healthy and having a healthy heart is very important as cardiovascular disease is the world’s number one killer today. Just by doing little changes in the lifestyle like walking, exercising, eating healthy and avoiding alcohol, smoking can keep our heart healthy.

This year theme of world Heart federation for the world heart day is to create a global community of Heart Heroes … people from all walks of life who are acting now to live longer, better, heart-healthy lives by making a promise:

A promise to our families to cook and eat more healthily

A promise to our children to exercise more and help them to be more active, to say no to smoking and help our loved ones to stop

A promise as a healthcare professional to help patients give up smoking and lower their cholesterol

A promise as a policymaker to support policies that promote healthy hearts

A promise as an employee to invest in heart-healthy workplaces

A simple promise for MY HEART, for YOUR HEART, for ALL OUR HEARTS.