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Adopting a combination of healthy lifestyle habits—maintaining desirable body weight, eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, not smoking, and consuming moderate alcohol—can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease by 84%.
To significantly lower your heart disease risk, focus on five key areas: keep your weight in a healthy range, eat a balanced diet, exercise regularly, do not smoke, and if you drink alcohol, do so in moderation. These combined lifestyle changes are the most powerful tool for primary prevention.
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Data from the Nurses Health Study, for example, suggest that in women, maintaining a desirable body weight, eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, not smoking, and consuming a moderate amount of alcohol could account for an 84% reduction in risk.
Why this rating
Based on long-term prospective studies (Nurses Health Study) cited in the text.
Source
AHA Guidelines for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke: 2002 Update
Thomas A. Pearson et al. · Circulation · 2002
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