Monday, October 4, 2010

Why are so many Americans at risk for heart disease


Why are so many Americans at risk for heart disease?
I wanted to know your opinion of why Americans are at risk for heart disease....Thanks :)
Heart Diseases - 7 Answers
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1 :
Because most Americans sit around and eat fast food!
2 :
Overweight, eat too much fat, too much cholesterol, not enough exercise. And keep in mind that people have to die of something. Don't think that people in third world countries are much healthier than us because they aren't dying of heart disease. They aren't dying of heart disease because they're dying of Malaria, TB, and pneumonia.
3 :
2 words: fast food
4 :
risk factors for heart disease are a poor diet (leading to high blood pressure, high cholesterol), lack of exercise, and smoking. Although less than a quarter of us smoke, the majority are overweight or obese and we don't get any exercise. our mentality is way off, we drive every where, circling the parking lot for the closest spot, we use the elevator to go up 2 floors, we eat fast food because we all want to say we are too busy to cook. Our lifestyle is nothing to be proud of and it puts us at risk for heart disease and other diseases, such as diabetes.
5 :
Cuz most of them eat lots of bad foods, that have high cholesterol. Makes it worse when they don't exercise daily and deprive their heart its needed workout.
6 :
Fat eaters and obese country!
7 :
because Americans are overweight, don't exercise, and don't eat healthy



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