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Read the Signs

4/18/2008

If your brakes squeak, you take your car to the shop. If your faucet leaks, you call a plumber. So why don't we see the doctor when there's a problem with our heart? 

Thousands of African Americans ignore the warning signs of coronary artery disease and end up delaying treatment. 

Only one-third of African Americans who experience symptoms of heart disease will attribute it to the heart.

 

 

 

 




Obesity is a disease that affects nearly one-third of the adult American population (approximately 60 million). The number of overweight and obese Americans has continued to increase since 1960, a trend that is not slowing down. Today, 64.5 percent of adult Americans (about 127 million) are categorized as being overweight or obese. Each year, obesity causes at least 300,000 excess deaths in the U.S., and healthcare costs of American adults with obesity amount to approximately $100 billion. (source: AOA).

 

  
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