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Show yf..t-e-j -:1 "fV-'- Vi4',;'X'T,'il''Vv,r-','h.'' ' V '-vVi sixJ. .- r'-'ji Utah Heart Assn. busy More people in the United States die of cardiovascular disease than any other cause of death, including AIDS and cancer. Every year, car-diovascular car-diovascular diseases kill almost one ;. million Americans. . ; ?f "That's why the American Heart Association (AHA), Utah affiliate, dedicates its financial and human : resources to fight premature death and disability from cardiovascular 1 . diseases and stroke," said Dr. William Wil-liam Barry, president of the AHA's r Utah affiliate. r - In the AHA, Utah affiliate, 36 percent of the heart dollar spent in r ; the state is spent on research, and 43 peKntJpubUceduccfl,JM corp.iunity "savicepiogiains'and"'''1 professional education. . . "American Heart Association-supported Association-supported projects have contributed to the overall reduction of cardiovascular car-diovascular disease during the last ten years," according to Barry. Nationally the death rate from car-, diovascular disease declined 27.9 percent between 1976 and 1986. , Stroke death rates declined 40.2 percent between 1976 and 1986. "Much of what the AHA learns , from research is translated into pro-, grams our Citizens can use to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease," noted Barry. , Some AHA programs, available through the Utah affiliate include: ' ' Food Festival, designed to provide pro-vide grocery shoppers with in-store educational activities to help them learn about heart-healthy eating. ' Heart at Work, providing health .promotion programs at work. : i Heart Treasure Chest, for preschool pre-school children, designed to acquaint ac-quaint students with fun facts about nutrition, health and exercise. : . Getting To Know Your Heart, for children in grades 1-6, designed : to acquaint students with positive messages about their heart, nutrition, nutri-tion, health and exercise. Heart Rx, designed for primary ' care physicians and health educators educa-tors to help them teach patients tection and treatment of high blood cholesterol, as, well as about other cardiovascular disease risk factors. Free or inexpensive materials on nutrition, smoking cessation, high blood pressure and exercise. .These projects are all supported in part from funds raised during February Fe-bruary .which is National Heart Month. The largest activity here in Utah is the residential campaign which will be held Feb. 25-March 4. Heart volunteers will contact their neighbors seeking contributions contribu-tions for the American Heart Association, Asso-ciation, Utah Affiliate. The AHA, Utah Affiliate hopes to raise over $250,000 from this campaign. |