I find this statistic pretty startling and scary, though perhaps I shouldn’t when we think about how common heart disease has become.

In 2003, approximately 37% of adults reported having two or more of six risk factors for heart disease and stroke:

• high blood pressure
• high cholesterol
• diabetes
• current smoking
• physical inactivity, and
• obesity.

There are many easy things you can do to get out of that 37% (that is greater than one-third of the population!). Go for a daily walk, stop smoking, try to lose a few pounds. One step at a time, just little improvements will add up quickly!

Source: Center For Disease Control, Heart Disease Facts