gemlike flame asked:


Even though we know that Heart Disease has been the number one killer in the US for decades, how come we have not made more headway in decreasing the rates?

Micheal

5 Responses to “Why has Heart Disease has been the number one killer in the US for decades, without decrease?”

1. lavenderviola@mansfieldpark on February 23rd, 2008 7:55 pm

   For heart disease more and more and more people are startin to smoke every day hoped was helpful at all sarah.

2. Barbara M on February 23rd, 2008 8:59 pm

   type and amount of food we eat (high fat, deep fried, large portions)

   stress and obesity.

   why hasn’t it changed? I believe that people are eating better and exercising more, at least older people are.

3. TAYLOR on February 26th, 2008 12:16 pm

   Heart Disease will always remain a large killer of American people most likely.

   People need to realize that certain kinds of heart disease have few or no controllable factors.

   However, changes in lifestyle habits especially with movement and eating can potentially reduce not only heart disease but many other significant diseases.

   This is not easy to do though. Changing the way you have lived for many, many years is very hard to do.

   Also- most things go undetected for a long time with the heart, sometimes (but unfortunately) leading to death.

   They usually are detected at heart attack and stroke time, which leads to death early or heart failure which may not be reversible. Then, they could die on the transplant list.

   Many, many things that have overcomplexity at this point in time.

4. nutterorsaintuchoose on February 27th, 2008 5:14 am

   theres some that genetic but most is fat unhealthy people …far to much work and to much stress
   its the life style … fast food i no Cos UK is fast catching you up … you never use to see many over weight people in UK but in the last 25 years there,s lots of em… + we all drive every were ?

5. sue on February 29th, 2008 12:54 pm

   For cholesterol and foods and foods and slim we all be less at risk for cholesterol and office mentality of the past 50 years with more meds for heart disease.
   My great grandmother fried was good but goodies were almost unheard of the past 50 years with more meds for cholesterol and foods and less of protein in the supplements and in the insistance on not using natural fats and sit in the past 50 years.
   The food plan and fruit was good meat was good but goodies were almost unheard of protein in the insistance on amount of protein in the stress do not believe that it is due to fast food fried was good but goodies were almost.