Are you wearing red today?

National, Wear Red For Women is TODAY, FEB 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.org, and learn how to make heart-healthy choices every day.

• Cardiovascular disease kills approximately 450,000 women each year, about one every minute.
• While 1 in 30 American women die of breast cancer, about 1 in 3 die from cardiovascular disease.
• More women die of cardiovascular disease than the next five causes of death combined, including 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 fact, 80 percent of cardiac events in women may be prevented if women make the right choices for their hearts, involving diet, exercise and abstinence from smoking.

So, dress 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 pizza, or else they’ll have a heart attack!  Good advice Venessa!