The Canadian researcher noted some surprising results:
“People who had heart disease or stroke, about a fifth of them, still continued to smoke and only a third of people had regular physical activities. Just about two-fifths of them ate what we determine as a healthy diet.”
The places where the patients lived did not seem to make a big difference. Professor Teo said low-income countries had the worst diet. But he added that people from wealthier countries did not do much better. Only about four percent of the patients studied followed their doctors’ advice.
Koon Teo said people in all countries need to study the findings to try to improve healthy living – especially those who have already suffered a heart attack or stroke.
National and international efforts to get people to watch their blood pressure and reduce the amount of salt in their diet are getting more common. Both reduce the threat of heart attack or stroke.
Janet Wright is with the Million Hearts campaign in the United States. She advises people to make one small change in their lifestyle and follow the change every day. She said it could be adding a fruit or a vegetable. Or, the change could be building up to 150 minutes of exercise each week.
Michael Roizen of the Cleveland Clinic says the most important point is to get started. He suggests buying a pedometer, a device that measures the number of steps taken. Then, he says, record that total daily and try to walk 10,000 steps each day.
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