PE-185/WellnessActivity11

Refer to Lecture Notes for Chapter 12. What risk factors do you have for cardiovascular disease? Separate these risk factors into controllable and non-controllable factor lists. State at least 3 things you can do to reduce your risk of developing heart disease.

Non-Controllable Risk Factors:
 * Heredity

Controllable Risk Factors:
 * Poor diet
 * Inactivity
 * Stress

I've got heredity working for me. My father's side of the family has always had really healthy hearts.

The things I can do to reduce my risk of heart disease are get back into exercising, eat better and get more sleep. I'm not worried about the working out, once I've got my time back from school I should fall back into my old routine. Eating better is something my wife has been working on for me. ;-) She's a really good cook so I'm already doing much better than my bachelor days.  The best way to reduce your stress level is to get enough sleep.  Something I don't do currently.