HYPOKINETIC DISEASES: A disease related to, or caused by, insufficient activity and lack of regular exercise (sedentary living)
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES: Diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels
Primary Risk Factors:
Secondary risk factors:
Arteries are like pipelines that carry blood from the heart to all parts of your body.
Types of Cardiovascular Diseases
Atherosclerosis: Clogging of the arteries. This occurs when substances including fats, such as cholesterol, build up on the inside walls of the arteries. This build-up narrows the openings through the arteries.
As a result, the heart must work harder to pump blood. Atherosclerosis can begin early in life but typically develops with age.
Heart attack: occurs when the blood supply into or within the heart is severely reduced or cut off.
As a result, an area of the heart muscle can die. During a heart attack, the heart may beat abnormally or even stop beating.
Stroke: occurs when oxygen in the blood supply to the brain is severely reduced or cut off.
A blood clot or atherosclerosis can block any artery that supplies blood to the brain, causing a stroke. A stroke also can occur when an artery to the brain bursts. Because a stroke damages the brain, it can affect a person’s ability to move, think, and speak. Some strokes are severe enough to cause death.
Hypertension (aka High blood pressure): A condition in which blood pressure is consistently higher than normal. It is not considered a leading cause of death but it is a primary risk factor for many cardiovascular disease.
High blood pressure is a hypokinetic condition because regular physical activity is one way to help lower blood pressure.
- Sedentary living costs our nation $150 billion each year because of increased need for health care and loss of productivity.
- Approximately 250,000 people die prematurely because they are inactive.
- Reports of major health organizations, including the Office of Surgeon General, indicate that regular physical activity is one of the best ways of reducing illness and increasing wellness in our society.
- Sometimes teenagers feel that these statistics are not relevant to them. Many hypokinetic diseases are now prevalent among teens and many teens are not active enough to resist these conditions.
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES: Diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels
- Cardiovascular disease is a primary or contributing cause of 60 percent of all deaths in our country.
- Currently about one in every four Americans has one or more forms of cardiovascular disease.
- People get cardiovascular disease for many reasons, each one called a risk factor. The more risk factors you have, the more chance you have of getting a disease.
Primary Risk Factors:
- Sedentary or inactive living
- Smoking
- High blood pressure (hypertension)
- High fat levels in the blood
- Having too much body fat
- Having diabetes
Secondary risk factors:
- Stressful living
- Excessive alcohol use.
Arteries are like pipelines that carry blood from the heart to all parts of your body.
Types of Cardiovascular Diseases
Atherosclerosis: Clogging of the arteries. This occurs when substances including fats, such as cholesterol, build up on the inside walls of the arteries. This build-up narrows the openings through the arteries.
As a result, the heart must work harder to pump blood. Atherosclerosis can begin early in life but typically develops with age.
Heart attack: occurs when the blood supply into or within the heart is severely reduced or cut off.
As a result, an area of the heart muscle can die. During a heart attack, the heart may beat abnormally or even stop beating.
Stroke: occurs when oxygen in the blood supply to the brain is severely reduced or cut off.
A blood clot or atherosclerosis can block any artery that supplies blood to the brain, causing a stroke. A stroke also can occur when an artery to the brain bursts. Because a stroke damages the brain, it can affect a person’s ability to move, think, and speak. Some strokes are severe enough to cause death.
Hypertension (aka High blood pressure): A condition in which blood pressure is consistently higher than normal. It is not considered a leading cause of death but it is a primary risk factor for many cardiovascular disease.
High blood pressure is a hypokinetic condition because regular physical activity is one way to help lower blood pressure.