World Heart Day

Join Croí this World Heart Day to celebrate heart health in a variety of ways.

World Heart Day: 29th September 2012

World Heart Day was created in 2000 to inform people around the globe that heart disease and stroke are the world’s leading cause of death, claiming 17.1 million lives each year. Together with its members, the World Heart Federation spreads the news that at least 80% of premature deaths from heart disease and stroke could be avoided if the main risk factors, tobacco, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity, are controlled.

ONE WORLD, ONE HOME, ONE HEART

This year in continuation from our 2011 theme of home heart health we will make 2012 the year of cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention among women and children because:
Women/children and CVD are not synonymous:
CVD is commonly considered an “older persons” and a “man’s” disease
Women underestimate their CVD risk; even though almost half of the 17.3 million annual deaths occur in women
Children are particularly at risk, since they have little control over their environment and can be limited in choices to live heart-healthily
Unless action is taken to enable heart-healthy activity, the children of today are at increased CVD risk later in life
Women/mothers are often the « gate keeper » to their family’s health hence a key influencer in keeping their hearts healthy

Keep an eye on this page for updates about our 2012 events.