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World Heart Day - A healthy heart for a healthy lifestyle
How important is it to keep your heart healthy? According to World Health Organization (WHO), every year heart diseases claim 17.3 million people around the world. The World Heart Day is observed to make people realize the risk of heart diseases and enlighten that such death could be avoided by adopting simple and easy ways. World Heart Day is usually observed on the last Sunday of September every year, but as of this year, World Heart Day 2011 will be celebrated on September 29 that also marks its eleventh anniversary. The World Heart Day is organized by World Heart Federation, a non-governmental organization with its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, endorsed by World Health Organization and other organizations. It identifies the numerous factors responsible for the cardiovascular diseases and premature deaths. World Heart Federation also spreads the news on how stroke and heart diseases could be avoided if physical activities and unhealthy diets are controlled. World Heart Federation also imparts important information related to signs and symptoms of a heart attack or stroke. The theme of World Heart Day 2011 is "One World, One Home, One Heart". This theme appeals to individuals to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases of their own and their family members by choosing healthy eating habits, adopting physical activities and quit consumption of tobacco. To celebrate the World Heart Day, the World Heart Federation has selected many creative and captivating campaign materials that include leaflet and World Heart Day 2011 poster. These World Heart Photos and pictures emphasizes on spreading the importance of heart health among the masses. To reach the public and also mark the event as significant, associations and individuals organize a range of World Heart Day activities that usually include fitness session, health checks, scientific forums, public talks and more on heart diseases symptoms. Furthermore, health institutes and various organizations conduct health check-up centers and seminars to disseminate awareness on heart diseases and the precautionary measures. Attempts are also made to motivate children and elders to care about their heart and start living a health lifestyle by avoiding smoking and adopting healthy eating habits. In India, millions of people die and fall victim of cardiovascular diseases because of their unhealthy lifestyle they have adopted that usually starts at home. So, this year, World Heart Day focuses to household to bring a change in everyone's life as it is the centre of the family activities.
World Heart Day was created in 2000 to inform people around the globe that heart disease and stroke are the world’s leading cause of death, claiming 17.1 million lives each year. Together with its members, the World Heart Federation spreads the news that at least 80% of premature deaths from heart disease and stroke could be avoided if the main risk factors, tobacco, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity, are controlled. World Heart Day will take place on 29 September each year. National activities such as public talks and screenings, walks and runs, concerts or sporting events are organized worldwide by members and partners of the World Heart Federation. In 2010, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of World Heart Day the World Heart Federation launched the State of the Heart CVD Report‘. With the UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) taking place in September, World Heart Day presents a great opportunity to communicate messages about the meeting outcomes, and the importance of elevating NCDs up the global health agenda. After two years of focusing on heart health in the workplace, this year we call on individuals to reduce their own and their family’s risk of heart disease and stroke. We ask people to take charge of their home’s heart health by taking steps such as choosing healthy food options, increasing physical activity, and saying no to tobacco. As always, our emphasis will be on improving heart health across all
The International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), on World Heart Day, has come up with a new variety of healthier and safer nutritious snacks made of sorghum and millet for the fast food consumers. These cereals have higher nutrition value than rice and wheat besides being rich in dietary fibre, a quality that makes them diabetic friendly. These snacks were developed by the scientists at the NutriPlus Knowledge Programme (NPK), which is a part of ICRISAT’s Agribusiness and Innovation Platform (AIP). “In addition to the health snacks, we are looking at several other exciting possibilities to raise the value of these nutritious grains to have an impact on small-holder farmers who grow these crops,” said Dr. Saikat Datta Mazumdar, leading scientist at the NPK Programme.
According to ICRISAT, in addition to introducing better, healthier and safer fast food for consumers, sorghum and millet snacks will create new markets for these crops. This market opportunity will link poor farmers to the Indian agro-food industry and increase their incomes. ICRISAT’s food technology researchers are also looking into partnerships with the private sector and development organisations to find solutions for post-harvest issues and explore new markets for dryland crops such as sorghum and millet. “We would like to research the possibility of sorghum or millet-based enriched biscuits for school feeding programmes in Asia and Africa. We could also develop and promote simple processing technologies and innovations for mothers to prepare nutritious baby foods in families where malnourishment is an issue,’ said Dr. Mazumdar.
ICRISAT’s Director General Dr. William Dar highlighted the value of this food technology research for reducing rural poverty. “By tapping into the health promoting properties of dryland crops like sorghum and millet we can help address an urgent public health issue at the same time creating new markets for these subsistence crops, which are produced mostly by smallholder farmers,” said Dr. Dar. On the occasion of the World Heart Day, Dr Sunil Kapoor Senior Consultant, Cardiologist, Care Hospitals, organized a function to spread the message of "One World, One Home ,One Heart". Ms Mahima Bararia, Miss Andhra Pradesh 2011 gave an educational message to all the Women invited on the Role of women in preventing heart disease Heart disease is Increasing at an alarming pace and is reaching epidemic proportions, with younger people getting heart attacks. The woman of the house is made aware to take charge of her own and her family's heart health.The woman is to make her own home a place where: 1) healthy food options are available 2) tobacco use is banned and 3) Physical activity is encouraged, to reduce the risk of heart disease for her loved ones.
The woman in 2011 is to become her home's advocate for healthy heart living. The educational function was attended and appreciated by the invited ladies from all sections of society. Dr Sunil Kapoor, while addressing the media said; let's hope that by spreading awareness and education, the incidence of heart disease will reduce. This is to request the media to highlight widely the educational message for the good of Society.
World Heart Day - A healthy heart for a healthy lifestyle
How important is it to keep your heart healthy? According to World Health Organization (WHO), every year heart diseases claim 17.3 million people around the world. The World Heart Day is observed to make people realize the risk of heart diseases and enlighten that such death could be avoided by adopting simple and easy ways. World Heart Day is usually observed on the last Sunday of September every year, but as of this year, World Heart Day 2011 will be celebrated on September 29 that also marks its eleventh anniversary. The World Heart Day is organized by World Heart Federation, a non-governmental organization with its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, endorsed by World Health Organization and other organizations. It identifies the numerous factors responsible for the cardiovascular diseases and premature deaths. World Heart Federation also spreads the news on how stroke and heart diseases could be avoided if physical activities and unhealthy diets are controlled. World Heart Federation also imparts important information related to signs and symptoms of a heart attack or stroke. World Heart Day was created in 2000 to inform people around the globe that heart disease and stroke are the world’s leading cause of death, claiming 17.1 million lives each year. Together with its members, the World Heart Federation spreads the news that at least 80% of premature deaths from heart disease and stroke could be avoided if the main risk factors, tobacco, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity, are controlled. World Heart Day will take place on 29 September each year. National activities such as public talks and screenings, walks and runs, concerts or sporting events are organized worldwide by members and partners of the World Heart Federation. In 2010, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of World Heart Day the World Heart Federation launched the State of the Heart CVD Report‘. With the UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) taking place in September, World Heart Day presents a great opportunity to communicate messages about the meeting outcomes, and the importance of elevating NCDs up the global health agenda. After two years of focusing on heart health in the workplace, this year we call on individuals to reduce their own and their family’s risk of heart disease and stroke. We ask people to take charge of their home’s heart health by taking steps such as choosing healthy food options, increasing physical activity, and saying no to tobacco. As always, our emphasis will be on improving heart health across all
The International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), on World Heart Day, has come up with a new variety of healthier and safer nutritious snacks made of sorghum and millet for the fast food consumers. These cereals have higher nutrition value than rice and wheat besides being rich in dietary fibre, a quality that makes them diabetic friendly. These snacks were developed by the scientists at the NutriPlus Knowledge Programme (NPK), which is a part of ICRISAT’s Agribusiness and Innovation Platform (AIP). “In addition to the health snacks, we are looking at several other exciting possibilities to raise the value of these nutritious grains to have an impact on small-holder farmers who grow these crops,” said Dr. Saikat Datta Mazumdar, leading scientist at the NPK Programme.
According to ICRISAT, in addition to introducing better, healthier and safer fast food for consumers, sorghum and millet snacks will create new markets for these crops. This market opportunity will link poor farmers to the Indian agro-food industry and increase their incomes. ICRISAT’s food technology researchers are also looking into partnerships with the private sector and development organisations to find solutions for post-harvest issues and explore new markets for dryland crops such as sorghum and millet. “We would like to research the possibility of sorghum or millet-based enriched biscuits for school feeding programmes in Asia and Africa. We could also develop and promote simple processing technologies and innovations for mothers to prepare nutritious baby foods in families where malnourishment is an issue,’ said Dr. Mazumdar.
ICRISAT’s Director General Dr. William Dar highlighted the value of this food technology research for reducing rural poverty. “By tapping into the health promoting properties of dryland crops like sorghum and millet we can help address an urgent public health issue at the same time creating new markets for these subsistence crops, which are produced mostly by smallholder farmers,” said Dr. Dar. On the occasion of the World Heart Day, Dr Sunil Kapoor Senior Consultant, Cardiologist, Care Hospitals, organized a function to spread the message of "One World, One Home ,One Heart". Ms Mahima Bararia, Miss Andhra Pradesh 2011 gave an educational message to all the Women invited on the Role of women in preventing heart disease Heart disease is Increasing at an alarming pace and is reaching epidemic proportions, with younger people getting heart attacks. The woman of the house is made aware to take charge of her own and her family's heart health.The woman is to make her own home a place where: 1) healthy food options are available 2) tobacco use is banned and 3) Physical activity is encouraged, to reduce the risk of heart disease for her loved ones.
The woman in 2011 is to become her home's advocate for healthy heart living. The educational function was attended and appreciated by the invited ladies from all sections of society. Dr Sunil Kapoor, while addressing the media said; let's hope that by spreading awareness and education, the incidence of heart disease will reduce. This is to request the media to highlight widely the educational message for the good of Society.
Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University Vice-Chancellor Mayilvahanan Natarajan inaugurated the palliative care services specifically designed for adults with congenital heart disease. K.M. Cherian, CEO, and chairman, Frontier Lifeline Hospital, said these services will be offered to those with end-stage heart failure who are not eligible for a heart transplant. These patients have problems breathing, are in pain, and have a series of other complications. Mostly, they comprise adults who have managed to survive congenital heart anomalies.
“They are at a stage when they need psychological and economic support, apart from medical care,” Dr. Cherian explained. The facility could also be used by those who are waiting for a heart transplant, he added. The ambulance, which will ply on the nearby national highway, was launched by Ravindran Sanna Reddy, of Sri City SEZ Park. Sri City and Frontier Lifeline have entered into MoU to provide emergency services for the SEZ area, and this will grow into managing a full-fledged hospital in future.
As part of World Heart Day, students from various educational institutions took part in an organ donation awareness drive. This included signing organ donor cards and a poster competition on the theme ‘One World, One Home, One Heart.'Members of Chennai Traffic Police were also felicitated on the occasion for their role in establishing green corridors to ferry organs for transplant between hospitals in the fastest time possible. Tamil Nadu State Co-ordinator for Organ Transplantation J. Amalorpavanathan explained the process involved in organ retrieval and transplantation.
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