Besides celebrating Valentine’s Day, February is Heart Health Month, a time to raise awareness about heart disease, the leading cause of death in the country.
Some 630,000 Americans die from heart diseases each year, but many of those deaths are preventable.
Givens Highland Farms, a Life Plan Community in Black Mountain, supports active lifestyles for its residents. The community promotes education as one of the best ways heart diseases can be prevented. Learning how to adopt a heart-healthy lifestyle can help reduce the risk of heart disease and its risk factors.
Read a Givens Highland Farms sponsored health article published by 828 News Now here.