Half Heart Deaths, Quitting Smoking

Half of the 000 400 deaths from coronary heart disease if the United States in 2010 could be prevented if people ate healthier food and give up smoking are, according to a study published recently.
The published study of risk factors for heart in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that improvements in cardiovascular health had stagnated since the 1990s due to a dramatic increase in obesity and diabetes. The number of caused by heart disease deaths in the United States could be halved if "one in two smokers in the United States have quit smoking", with the lowest proportion are of smokers from 25% to 12% of the population, WHO official Laragh Gollogly told the news agency AFP.
The study also showed positive effects of measures to change people's behavior on cardiovascular health, Gollogly said.
"By avoiding tobacco, snuff, a healthy diet and regular physical activity, people can their risk for heart disease, stroke or diabetes reduce" Shanthi Mendis, Coordinator of the Chronic Disease Prevention and Management WHO said. To change behavior, a major challenge Change people's behavior was a major challenge for public health agencies, said Gollogly. The report, by Simon Capewell of the University of Liverpool in Great Britain in the north-west co-written, said the lifestyle is an important factor that determines the health of many people around the world.
Nearly one billion adults worldwide are overweight, according to the report, and if no action is taken to number 1.5 billion in 2015.
Cardiovascular health has improved since the 1970s due to reduced activity of cholesterol, smoking and increasing physical activity, the report said, but the increase in obesity has stalled these achievements, the study found.