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How to Prevent CVD? 
Good Nutrition 

Disease Prevention
People Die from Cardiovascular Disease 
● Physical Activity 
in the United States Every Year
● Beneficial Individual Behaviors 
   
   

Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)

Cardiovascular disease, which is used
interchangeably with heart disease, is a
serious condition where arteries or blood Risk Factors
vessels are narrowed or blocked due to ● Age  
plaque buildup, thus impacting the ○ The elderly experience 
functioning of other organs besides the significantly higher rates of CVD 
heart.​1​ This brochure outlines the risk due to presence of 
factors of cardiovascular disease, as well as comorbidities (hypertension, 
prevention measures that can be taken in diabetes, etc.)​2  https://www.motionelements.com/stock-video-8941722-health-foo
order to reduce the risk.  ● Gender  d-nutrition-words-on-white-healthy-eating-wordcloud-typography
 
○ Women have higher relative 
risks of CVD than men, likely due 
to inferior treatment with  Why is Nutrition Important?  
regards to income, employment 
and medical treatment​3  ● Prevent diseases 
● Race/Ethnicity  ● Diagnose malnutrition  
○ Blacks are at a higher risk of  ● Reduce blood pressure and 
developing fatal CVD than  cholesterol  
Whites ​ 4  ● Improve well-being  
● Socioeconomic Status   
○ Individuals of low 
socioeconomic status have 
Outcomes of Poor Nutrition  
higher rates of CVD due to the  ● Heart attacks  
inability to obtain resources and  ● Stroke 
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access high quality care​   ● Obesity 
● Type-2 Diabetes
 
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What Food Groups Should We
Avoid? 
● Foods with  
○ High Saturated Fat 
○ High Sodium 
○ Added Sugars
 
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https://www.choosemyplate.gov/WhatIsMyPlate Physical Activity

● Physical activity should exceed around 
What goes in a Healthy Diet?  ●
150 minutes per week 
Sedentary lifestyle should be avoided - 
 
● Dairy   associated with higher levels of 
○ Provides the most calcium  saturated fatty acids, which can 
out of the food groups  contribute to arterial plaque buildup 
● Protein   
○ Provides building blocks   
for bone, muscle, cartilage,    https://www.360.org.au/News/3-ways-to-eat-your-way-to-a-healt
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skin, and blood 

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● Fruits 
○ Provides many nutrients 
such as potassium, dietary 
fiber, vitamin C, and folate  You can contact me at: 
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● Vegetables  s-it-so-hard-quit-smoking-neuroscience-has-new-clues buddhika.ratnasiri@berkeley.edu 
○ Provides vital nutrients   
such as potassium, dietary 
fiber, folate, vitamin A, and 
Individual Behavior For further reading: 

1. www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-disease/sympt
vitamin C  ● Smoking and alcohol consumption can  oms-causes/syc-20353118​. 
2. Foot D. Demographics and cardiology, 1950 to 2050. ​Journal of 
● Grains  lead to high blood pressure which can  the American College of Cardiology​.  
○ Provides dietary fiber, B  damage arterial walls  3. Psaltopoulou T et al. Socioeconomic status and risk factors for 
cardiovascular disease: Impact of dietary mediators. ​Hellenic 
vitamins and minerals  ● Smokers have a higher risk of  4.
Journal of Cardiology​. 
Lu Y et al. Sick Populations and Sick Subpopulations: Reducing 
(iron and magnesium)  developing CVD than non-smokers​6  Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease Between Blacks and 
Whites in the United States. ​Circulation.​  
5. Johnson-Lawrence V et al. Cumulative socioeconomic 
disadvantage and cardiovascular disease mortality in the 
Alameda County Study 1965 to 2000.  
6. Prescott E et al. Smoking and risk of myocardial infarction in 
women and men: longitudinal population study. ​British Medical 
Journal.​