I Wore Red Today
Declare you wore red on Friday February 3rd, 2012 by submitting your ticket to Employee Wellness and be entered into a drawing for your chance to win a $5 Subway gift card. I Wore Red Today.
Learn & Win More
Learn about the key risk factors for heart disease and what you can do to help reduce your risk:
• Diabetes
• Heart Disease and Stroke
• High Blood Pressure
• Cholesterol
Take the Share The Facts Self Test and submit your answers to Employee Wellness by Feb. 14th for your chance to win a $5 Subway gift card or set of fitness bands.
My Life Check
Take small steps toward a healthier life by getting your free heart score and custom plan today at heart.org/MyLifeCheck, then submit a Certificate of Completion to Employee Wellness by Feb. 14th for your chance to win a $5 Subway gift card or set of fitness bands.
Resources and Links
Know the Warning Signs of a Heart Attack |
10 Reasons to Make it Your Mission
• Heart disease is still the No. 1 killer of women age 20 and over,
killing approximately one woman every minute.
• More women die of cardiovascular disease than the next four causes of
death combined, including all forms of cancer.
• In fact, while 1 in 30 American women die of breast cancer, about
1 in 3 die of cardiovascular disease.
• Still, only 1 in 5 women believe that heart disease is her greatest
health threat.
• Ninety percent of women have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease.
• Eighty percent of cardiac events in women could be prevented if women made the right choices for their hearts involving diet, exercise and abstinence from smoking.
• Hispanic women are likely to develop heart disease 10 years earlier than non-Hispanic white women.
• More than 8 percent of Hispanics age 18 and older have heart disease.
• African-American women are at greater risk for heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases than Caucasians.
• African-American females have higher death rates from heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases than white females.
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