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Risk Factors
Know Your Numbers
Nutrition
High Blood Pressure
Heart Attack
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Coronary heart disease is the No. ____ cause of death in the United States

What is: One

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The desirable range for cholesterol is less than this.
What is: 200 mg/dL
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To eat healthy, you should look for foods that are low in one of these fats.
What is: saturated fats, or transfats
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The medical term for high blood pressure is this.
What is: hypertension
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(True or False): Stress affects the heart.

What is: True

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One risk factor for heart disease that cannot be controlled is this.
What is: age, gender, race, family history.
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A normal blood pressure is less than this.
What is: 120/80
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The American Heart Association recommends eating fish (particularly fatty fish) at least two times (two servings) a week. One example of a fatty fish is this.
What is: salmon, herring, trout, sardines, and mackerel
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The top number in a blood pressure is called this.
What is: systolic blood pressure
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(True or False): Someone with an active heart attack is always not conscious or awake.

What is: False! Someone can have an active heart attack and be perfectly "normal" on the outside. People usually think of cardiac arrest = heart attack.

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One risk factor for heart disease that can be controlled is this.
What is: Tobacco Smoke, High Blood Cholesterol, High Blood Pressure, Physical Inactivity, Obesity, Diabetes Mellitus
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LDL cholesterol is (good/bad) cholesterol and you want to get it (higher/lower).
What is: bad/lower
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Organ meats are very high in cholesterol. An example of an organ meat is this.
What is: liver, sweetbreads, kidney and brain.
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Reducing this in your diet can help lower your blood pressure.
What is: salt (or sodium)
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One symptom of a heart attack is this
What is: Chest discomfort, pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach, shortness of breath, breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness
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This type of diet is recommended to minimize the risk of heart disease.

What is: Mediterranean diet or DASH diet

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(True or False) The desirable range for HDL (good) cholesterol is >40 mg/dL or higher for men and 50 mg/dL or higher for women.

What is: True

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One of the 2 seafoods that have more cholesterol than most other types of seafood is this.
What is: shrimp and crawfish
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A medical condition that can develop as a result of high blood pressure

What is: heart disease, stroke, kidney disease

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Blood has a harder time flowing through these 2 types of vessels.

What is: stiff and clogged

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The American Heart Association's guidelines on physical activity state that all healthy adults ages 18–65 should be getting at least ___ minutes of moderate intensity activity ___ days of the week.

What is: 30 minutes/5 days

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Smoking releases this many toxic substances from the smoke into the blood which harms the lining of the blood vessels.

What is: >7000

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For healthy eating, use liquid vegetable oils in place of solid fats such as butter, lard or shortening. One example of a liquid vegetable oil is this.
What is: canola, safflower, sunflower, soybean, and olive.
500

This is one of the symptoms of high blood pressure.

Trick question! High blood pressure is a "silent killer"

500

This can be formed from a plaque that break open and block the flow of blood instantly.

What is: a clot