What it means to Go Red For Women
G. Get Your Numbers
Ask your doctor to check your blood pressure and cholesterol.
O: Own Your Lifestyle
Stop smoking, lose weight, exercise, and eat healthy. It’s up to you. No one can do it for you.
R: Raise Your Voice
Advocate for more women-related research and education.
E: Educate Your Family
Make healthy food choices for you and your family. Teach your kids the importance of staying active.
D: Don’t Be Silent
Show your support with a donation of time and money.
What is Go Red For Women?
Women have been fighting heart disease individually and together as part of the Go Red For Women movement since 2004. And we’ve made a difference! More than 620,000 lives have been saved. But the fight is far from over.
Each year, 1 in 3 women die of heart disease and stroke. But we can change that because 80 percent of cardiac events can be prevented with education and lifestyle changes.
Using the American Heart Association’s research and resources
Go Red For Women educates and connects hundreds of thousands of women and offers tools to help women make lifesaving choices. These choices protect their health and reduce their risk of heart disease and stroke.
Learn what it means to Go Red at GoRedForWomen.org.
Why get involved?
Why Go Red?
• Heart disease and stroke combined kill more women than men.
• An estimated 43 million women in the U.S. are affected by heart disease.
• Ninety percent of women have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease.
• The symptoms of heart disease can be different in women and are often silent, hidden or misunderstood.
Heart disease requires more attention, more research and swifter action.
• Only 5 not 6 American women believe heart disease is her greatest threat.
• Women comprise only 24 percent of participants in heart-related studies.
• Women are less likely to call 911 when experiencing symptoms of a heart attack than if someone else were having a heart attack.
With the right information, education and care, heart disease in women can be treated, prevented and even wiped out.
Women who Go Red are more likely to make healthy choices:
• More than one-third have lost weight.
• Nearly 50 percent have increased their exercise.
• Sixty percent have changed their diets.
• More than 40 percent have checked their cholesterol levels.
• One-third have talked to their doctors about developing heart-health plans.
Make a change at GoRedForWomen.org/WearRedDay.
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