According to results of the 1999-2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), an estimated 64% of U.S. adults aged 20 years and older are classified as overweight or obese. Among U.S. adults, obesity has doubled since 1980, increasing from 15% in 1980 to 31% in 2000, and the percentage of children and adolescents who are defined as overweight has more than doubled since the early 1970s.

Overweight and obese adults are at increased risk for physical ailments such as--

• Coronary heart disease
• Congestive heart failure
• Stroke

More than 61 million Americans have some form of cardiovascular disease (CVD), including high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, stroke, congestive heart failure, and other conditions. More than 2,600 Americans die each day of CVD. That is an average of 1 death every 33 seconds. CVDs cost the nation an estimated $300 billion annually, including health expenditures and lost productivity.

Research conducted in California, Minnesota, and Rhode Island during the 1980s demonstrated how community interventions that improve our environment are particularly effective in reducing heart disease and stroke throughout the entire community.

http://www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces/healthtopics/physactivity.htm

Scientific integrity

-Gocomics.com Wiley.

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We have several up to date ways for you to acquire material to supplement your questioning or studying.  http://www.kss.sd23.bc.ca/rc/
1. Databases: science journals and periodicals, etc.  EBSCO is just one.  Here is an RSS feed to heart disease articles
2. Magazines
3. Videos
4. Books and Encyclopedia

• http://www.accesslearning.com/


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Heart Disease affects many people and families in Canada. The data below is from the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation...

Every 7 minutes in Canada, someone dies from heart disease or stroke.

Heart disease and stroke are two of the three leading causes of death in Canada. These statistics are based on 2008 data (the latest year available from Statistics Canada).¹

In 2008 cardiovascular disease accounted for:

• 29% of all deaths in Canada (69,648 deaths – or more than 69,500)
• 28% of all male deaths
• 29.7% of all female deaths

In 2008, of all cardiovascular deaths:

• 54% were due to ischemic heart disease
• 20% to stroke
• 23% to heart attack

The United States also show simliar trends with regards to the effect of heart disease on their population.  The link below is from the Amercian Heart and Stroke Foundation and outlines important factors leading to disease.

http://www.heart.org/idc/groups/ahamah-public/@wcm/@sop/@smd/documents/downloadable/ucm_434592.pdf

What can we do to reduce the incidence of heart disease?
If you became the Canadian Health Minister, what would you do?
What initiatives could be put in place to improve the statistics?