Diet, exercise key for improving heart health

By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The American Heart Association wants to improve the heart health of all Americans by 20 percent by 2020. To meet that goal, treating unhealthy habits will be just as important as treating high blood pressure and cholesterol, it said. Those habits include having a poor-quality diet, eating too much, not exercising enough and smoking, according to a position statement published in Circulation. Researchers said few U.S. ...



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