There are certain risk factors that increase your chances of getting heart disease. While there are some risk factors that you cannot change, there are also many others that you can control by modifying your lifestyle habits.
Some of risk factors include:
- Smoking
- Being a male
- Being Overweight
- Having a Family history of heart disease
- Having Diabetes
- Having High blood pressure
- Having High cholesterol
- Lack of exercise
- Lack of a healthy diet. For example, eating foods high in fat, sugar, and salt are damaging to the heart.