HEART DISEASE
Heart Disease is widely known all over the world.
Many of us have different lifestyles. One goes to
the gym, and the other just watches tv all day.
What can we do to help ourselves avoid unhealthy
habits?
This brochure aims its audience to
understand the modifiable risk
factors and implementing
preventative measures.
DIABETES
Between January and September 2022, 6.4 percent of deaths in the
In the Philippines, CAD, is the third leading cause of
death is the cardiovascular disease.
Globally, 17.9 million people succumbed to CAD,
accounting for 31% of deaths worldwide. In 2020, ischemic
heart disease was the leading cause of death in the
Philippines. Among the male population, approximately
62.2 thousand people have died from the disease.
Meanwhile, just over 43.1 thousand female in the country
succumbed to death due to ischemic heart disease.
Leading risk factors for heart disease and stroke are high
blood pressure, high low-density lipoprotein (LDL)
cholesterol, diabetes, smoking and secondhand smoke
exposure, obesity, unhealthy diet, and physical inactivity.
Philippines were caused by diabetes mellitus diseases. Deaths from
such illnesses peaked in 2020 when the share of deaths was 6.5
percent. Diabetes mellitus is diagnosed when glucose is high in the
blood.
Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs either when the pancreas
does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively
use the insulin it produces.
Overweight, obesity or the abnormal or excessive fat accumulation,
and physical inactivity are the main causes of diabetes.
There are 2 types of diabetes:
1. In diabetes type 1, the pancreas does not make insulin, because the
body's immune system attacks the islet cells in the pancreas that
make insulin.
2. In diabetes type 2, the pancreas makes less insulin than used to,
and your body becomes resistant to insulin.
1. Base your meals on higher fibre starchy
carbohydrates
2. Eat lots of fruit and veg
3. Eat more fish, including a portion of oily fish
4. Cut down on saturated fat and sugar
5. Eat less salt: no more than 6g a day for adults
6. Get active and be a healthy weight
7. Do not get thirsty
8. Do not skip breakfast
REGULAR EXERCISE
RECOMMENDATION
1. Wake-up early
2. Eating Habits
3. Exercise Learn what to expect when you quit
4. Drink Water smoking and drinking alcohol
5. Avoid Procrastination Make a list of the pros and cons of
6. Give yourself a time smoking and drinking alcohol
Research the facts and statistics about
smoking and tobacco use.
Write a goodbye letter to your
cigarettes, telling them all the benefits
you will enjoy by letting them go.
Create a budget and decide how you'll
spend the money you will save by not
smoking

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2. Planks 7. Tricep Dips
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4. Burpee
5. Push-ups