“CVD remains the number one and most costly1 killer in the U.S. and a major cause of disability. Beyond the toll in suffering and death, it comes with a steep price tag. CVD will cost the U.S. a projected $503 billion in medical expenses (direct costs) and lost productivity (indirect costs) in 2010.1”
Find initiatives below to help enhance heart health on your campus.
Best Practices
Heart Health Promotional Materials
- Cardiac Arrest vs. Heart Attack Infographic
- CPR Guide
- Easy On The Salt Infographic
- Effects of Excess Sodium Infographic
- Heart Failure Infographic
- Heart Health Risk Factors Infographic
- High Blood Pressure Infographic
- High Cholesterol Infographic
- Matters of Your Heart Infographic
- Smoking and Heart Disease Infographic
- Sodium Swap Infographic
- The Salty Six Infographic
- Too Much Sodium Infographic
- What The Guidelines Means to You Infographic
- American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics–2010 Update. Circulation; 2010. Available at: http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.192667. Accessed December 18, 2009.