Introduction

Jay, AnnaMarie __**Pediatric Cardiovascular Disease**__ __**iMovie**__ media type="youtube" key="nqsgHyIcV5M" height="315" width="560"

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Smoking, diabetes, stress,high blood pressure, obesity, lack of exercise, poor diet, High cholesterol are things to avoid when to prevent cardiovascular disease. **Knowing the importance of this step: **  **The intro.. Knowing about the things above are very important.. Smoking affects the entire body but when talking about cardio vascular disease, it damages the arteries and veins which causes the cholesterol and fatty substances we consume everyday to get caught in the damaged vessel. This starts up the process of atherosclerosis, atherosclerosis is when hard plaque builds up and turns into a blood clot. Atherosclerosis is a long process, at the end of it is a deadly consequence, either a stroke or a heart attack depending on where the clot is. **   
 * In a healthy body, the blood flows throughout the whole body with ease through clear lumens. But due to the poor decisions of today's society we damage these vessels which cause our arteries and veins to become less (able to flow). Things to manage for your self in avoiding CVD are like high blood pressure, going to your doctor to check your blood pressure monthly would be helpful in trying to see how your arteries and veins are pumping. Also when your at the doctor, checking your LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels can help manage your body because too much of these can start up the atherosclerosis process which leads to CVD. ** **In your daily life, the things you eat affect your life in the long run. Obviously eating foods with high levels of cholesterol and triglycerides are going to have an impact, but also eating food with carbohydrates and high sugar have a big impact on your Body Mass Index (BMI). With all the right information, you can manage your diet in order to keep your BMI in order, Body Mass Index (BMI) is a number calculated from a person's weight and height. BMI provides a reliable indicator of body fatness for most people and is used to screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems. When knowing that you are overweight or obese, you should increase your amount of exercise. American Heart Association (AHA) suggests that you exercise a half hour to an hour daily. ** **Smoking is also one of the factors of the process of heart disease, when avoiding smoking your cutting your chances of getting heart disease and other cancers in half. The world is already filled with smoke and poisonous smog, why fill your body with these chemicals? This information is the beginning of knowing about CHD, CVD, atheresclorosis, etc. ** 