Dec. 12, 2012 Poor eating and exercise habits could be the game-
changer in the fight against heart disease and stroke deaths,
according to the American Heart Association's "Heart Disease and
Stroke Statistical Update 2013," published in the American Heart
Association journal, Circulation. "Americans need to move a lot
more, eat healthier and less, and manage risk factors as soon as
they develop," said Alan S. Go, M.D., chairman of the report's
writing committee and chief of the Cardiovascular and Metabolic
Conditions Section of the Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Division of Research in Oakland. "If not, we'll quickly lose the
momentum we've gained in reducing heart attack and stroke rates
and improving survival over the last few decades." Between 1999
and 2009, the rate of deaths from cardiovascular disease (CVD)
fell 32.7 percent, but still accounted for nearly one in three
deaths in the nation. That's 2,150 people dying from CVD each
day -- about one death every 40 seconds. In 2010, the American
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