British Heart Foundation’s ‘Heart Month’ 2016:

British Heart Foundation’s ‘Heart Month’ 2016:
This month is British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) ‘Heart Month’.
For this year’s ‘Heart Month’ the BHF are encouraging everyone to make small changes towards a healthier lifestyle.
Keeping your heart healthy, whatever your age, is the most important thing people can do to help prevent and manage heart disease.
Some facts:-
• Cardiovascular (heart and circulatory) disease causes more than a quarter (27 per cent) of all deaths in the UK.
• Coronary Heart and Circulatory disease causes one death every three minutes in the UK.
• Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the UK’s single biggest killer.
• It is also the leading cause of death worldwide.
• One in seven men die from coronary heart disease (CHD) in the UK.
• One in ten women die from coronary heart disease (CHD) in the UK.
• Coronary heart disease (CHD) kills twice as many women as breast cancer.

 

The good news is by looking after your heart people can reduce the risks of harm. By making one small change each day to your lifestyle this can make a big change to your health. Whether that’s by;
• doing half an hour of exercise (the kind that gets you out of breath), 

• watching your portion size when you eat, 

• quitting smoking, 

• drinking less alcohol or 

• taking some time out to look after your mental wellbeing.
All of these can reduce the risks of not only heart disease but lots of other illnesses, and they can make people feel well! 

 

For more information on looking after your heart take a look at the British Heart Foundation website at: https://www.bhf.org.uk/heart-health/preventing-heart-disease/10-minutes-to-change-your-life
Royal Mail workers can sign up to ‘Feeling First Class’ at: http://www.feelingfirstclass.co.uk (register with FFC1) and individuals can set some lifestyle goals.
BT workers can go to: The ‘Work Fit’ website at: https://hr.bt.com/en-gb/safety-wellbeing/getting-healthy/work-fit-fit-for-life to get information on the Fit For Life campaign. Work Fit – Fit for Life promotes healthier living styles and what changes people can do to lower their risk of ill health.
Attachments:
• Time to get moving booklet

• Get active stay active booklet

• Time to get moving chart
Yours sincerely

 

 

Dave Joyce

National Health, Safety & Environment Officer
 
Email Attachments – Click to download
· LTB 107/16 British Heart Foundation’s ‘Heart Month’ 2016
· Get Active Stay Active
· Time to Get Moving Booklet
· Time to Get Moving Chart