How healthy is your heart?

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00:00Hi, I'm health reporter Sarah McCann. Millions of people in the UK could be

00:05unaware that they are living with deadly heart or circulatory disease. This is why

00:12it's so important to look after our heart health. You are more at risk of

00:17developing cardiovascular disease if you smoke, have high blood pressure, high

00:21cholesterol, do not exercise regularly or have diabetes. There are several ways you

00:28can reduce your risk such as lowering your blood pressure and cholesterol

00:32levels, eating a healthy balanced diet, being more physically active, quitting

00:38smoking, reducing your alcohol content and keeping your blood pressure and

00:43diabetes under control. You can find out more about your heart health at the

00:49British Heart Foundation and there's information about your heart and how to

00:53check your heart age at nhs.co.uk. According to statistics from the British

01:00Heart Foundation, heart and circulatory diseases account for a quarter of all

01:05deaths in the UK. This breaks down to 170,000 deaths a year, 480 deaths a day

01:13and one death every three minutes. There are more than 7.6 million people in the

01:20UK living with a heart or circulatory condition. The British Heart Foundation

01:26estimates that more than half of us will have a heart or circulatory condition in

01:31our lifetime.