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lifestyle changes to prevent CVD will be
implemented.
The past decade has witnessed an enormous
increase in public education regarding women’s risk
for CVD – these efforts are to be commended and
intensifi ed. With the combined efforts of ongoing
research, development and implementation of evi-
dence-based guidelines, healthcare provider educa-
tion and a continuing focus on women’s heart health
by the media, we might turn the tide of the major
cause of death and disability on women. Public and
professional organizations such as the American
Heart Association (Go Red for Women), the
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (the Heart
Truth Campaign), the WomenHeart (the leading
support organization for women with heart disease),
and the Society for Women’s Health Research are to
be commended and supported in their continuing
public education and support for women at risk and
for those with heart disease.References available online at http://www.Wiley.com/go/
AHAGuidelineHandbook.During the production of this book this relevant
AHA statement and guideline was published:
Population-Based Prevention of Obesity, http://
circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/118/4/428.