Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease

Modifiable: ones that we can change, do something in body to decrease risk 

• Diet

• Lack of Exercise

• Smoking

• Cholesterol Levels

• Obesity 

Non-modifiable: ones that we can’t change 

• Diabetes 

• Heredity

• Age

Diet

• Change our diet 

• Eat fruits and vegetables 

Lack of Exercise

• Walk or gym or engage 

Smoking

• Can be detrimental for many different things 

• Vapping, Cigarettes, and Weed 

• Inhaling impurities in lunges where the impurities get in the blood and goes to organs 

Cholesterol Levels

Obesity

• High fat level in blood

Diabetes

• Increases the fat or lipids in blood makes it likely to get cardio disease

• Can’t cure, but can control

Heredity

• Environment 

• Culture

Age 

• As you get older, you are make at risk for developing cardio disease