Donate Help Contact Site Index Home American Heart Association




Managing Your Lifestyle

Choose To Move
Choose To Move is a fun, free and flexible physical activity program for women. It lasts 12 weeks and helps participants gradually increase their physical activity levels to 30 minutes on most days of the week, a level shown to reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke. more

Just Move!
Our Just Move program helps you keep track of your progress online. This content area features health, heart and fitness information as well as FAQs and health facts. It also has an Exercise Diary to help you keep track of your activity. more

It's A Team Effort
It takes a team to develop and maintain a successful health program. Patients, healthcare professionals and healthcare organizations each play an important role in maintaining and improving heart health. more
Overweight
People who have too much body fat are more likely to develop heart disease and stroke even if they have no other risk factors. Obesity is unhealthy because it increases the strain on the heart. more
Campaign Against Fad Diets
Fad diets often make promises that are untrue or unsafe. The tips in this section will help you spot fad diets and avoid the unhealthy activities they recommend. If a diet sounds too good to be true, it probably is. more


Links on This Site
Go Red For Women

Learn and Live Quiz


Links to Other Sites
Cholesterol Low Down

Delicious Decisions



Let’s Talk From The Heart Speaker's Kit provides all the tools needed to conduct a presentation on cardiovascular disease and its risk factors. Learn more



Privacy Statement | Use of Personal Information | Copyright | Ethics Policy | Conflict of Interest Policy
©2004 American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited.