Go Red! National Wear Red Day

Are you wearing red today?

NationalWear Red For Women is TODAYFEB 5TH!

Go Red For Women is the American Heart Association’s initiative to raise awareness of heart disease in women and educate them about how to prevent this No. 1 killer. Visit GoRedForWomen.organd learn how to make heart-healthy choices every day.

• Cardiovascular disease kills approximately 450,000 women each yearabout one every minute.
• While 1 in 30 American women die of breast cancerabout 1 in 3 die from cardiovascular disease.
• More women die of cardiovascular disease than the next five causes of death combinedincluding all forms of cancer.
• Ninety percent of women have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease.
• Only 1 in 5 women believe that heart disease is her greatest health threat.
• Heart disease is largely preventable. In fact80 percent of cardiac events in women may be prevented if women make the right choices for their heartsinvolving dietexercise and abstinence from smoking.

Sodress your cuties in red today and open a dialogue about the habits they can create to prevent heart disease.  A blog reader recently commented that her young daughter told the kids at school that they need to blot the grease off their pizzaor else they’ll have a heart attack!  Good advice Venessa!