Heart diseases, along with vascular problems (ie arteries and veins), are the leading cause of death in the world's most industrialized countries.
For example, only in 2012, cardiovascular diseases - this is the term used to refer to heart diseases and blood vessel problems - led to the deaths of over 17.5 million people worldwide, or 31% of deaths global (source WHO, World Health Organization).
Generally due to atherosclerosis - that is to the phenomena of narrowing, obstruction or dilation (aneurysm) of the blood vessels - the best known cardiovascular diseases are: coronary heart disease (for example myocardial infarction and ischemia), cerebravascular diseases ( stroke and transient ischemic attack) ), peripheral arteriopathies, rheumatic diseases with involvement of the myocardium, valvulopathies (ie pathologies affecting the heart valves), congenital heart defects and deep vein thrombosis .
Given the enormous spread of these pathologies and the poor prevention of the so-called modifiable factors, a US site (www.heart.org) has tried to clarify why people are not so careful about their health.
The users' answers regarding why they did not observe a healthier lifestyle and that reduced cardiovascular risk were:
- "Eating healthy costs too much" (14%).
- "I don't want to stop eating certain foods, because I like them too much" (18%).
- "I don't want to do physical activity" or "I don't like to keep myself in business" (14%).
- "I don't really know what prevents cardiovascular disease" (7%).
- "I don't have time to do physical activity regularly" (17%).
- "I'm too busy taking care of other matters or other people, that I don't have time to take care of myself" (12%).
