Prevention – Coronary heart disease
( For more information on Heart disease and support and advice groups click HERE )
There are several ways you can help reduce your risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD), such as lowering your blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
There are a number of ways you can do this, some may seem boring and predictable, but they work, it’s that simple, so live longer,
Remember, Coronary Heart disease is the UK’s single biggest killer, but in many cases it is preventable.
Click on the live blue links below, and start now in preventing heart disease and managing the disease if you already have it
- Call time on alcohol
- High blood pressure
- Lowering cholesterol
- Managing diabetes
- Take time out
- Time to eat well
- Time to get moving
- Time to quit
Heart health
- Air pollution information sheet
- Everyday triumphs booklet – for people with a mental health problem
- Heart age calculator
- How your heart works poster
- Keep your heart healthy booklet
Healthy eating and drinking
- Cut down on salt booklet
- Cut the saturated fat wallchart
- Eating well booklet (also in British Sign Language)
- Facts not fads – your simple guide to healthy weight loss
- Fats and oils information sheet
- Healthy eating on our website
- Plant sterols and stanols information sheet
- Ten minutes to change your life – Call time on alcohol
- Ten minutes to change your life – Time to eat well
- This label could change your life booklet
Physical activity
- Get active, stay active booklet
- Get up and go – case study films about physical activity for over 65s
- Interactive calories burned calculator
- Physical activity on our website
- Stay active in British Sign Language
- Ten minutes to change your life – Time to get moving
Smoking
- Ten minutes to change your life – Time to quit
- Shisha facts on our website
- Smoking in British Sign Language
- Watch Lisa beat smoking and improve her health (also in Bengali, Gujurati, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu and BSL).
Stress
To order resources for you or someone else, call the BHF Orderline on 0300 200 2222 or email orderline@bhf.org.uk.