Are you one of the 3%..?

ObtainingBalance

"According to a new study, just 3% of Americans have optimal heart health. Even if you think you’re doing everything right, check out the list of nine heart-healthy items and see where you rank."

Nine criteria:
– No high blood pressure

– No high cholesterol

– No diabetes

– Not overweight

– Not underweight

– Not obese

– Don’t smoke

– Do at least 150 minutes of moderate physical activity or 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity a week

– Eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day


How many on the list do you meet? Just curious.

http://www.blisstree.com/2012/12/20/live/optimal-heart-health-three-percent-americans/
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/12/20/few-americans-have-healthy-hearts/

fearless_

6/9
thaaat's like a D haha

ParaSempreAmor11

im not american im canadian but i meet 8/9, the working out im just starting to get into it again so soon itll be 9/9

SMJ1987

Yep! All nine! Maaaaaybe sometimes I don't get all the F&V but for the most part I do.

nillapup

7/9 would be 8 if I could get 5 of veggie in... working on it )

shaynak112

– No high blood pressure
IDK my blood pressure

– No high cholesterol
good chance I don't have high cholesterol since I don't eat meat

– No diabetes
true

– Not overweight
false

– Not underweight
true

– Not obese
true

– Don’t smoke
well I don't smoke cigarettes. so true.

– Do at least 150 minutes of moderate physical activity or 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity a week
true. I dance nonstop for about 4-6 hours once a week.

– Eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day
true!!

I'm probably at seven.

dsimmons107

WOW! I actually do all nine.

dsjohndrow

I have high blood pressure for my whole life. 140/90. I still need to lose 10 pounds to be "not overweight."

nancycaregiver

6/9. Pretty good for a 51 year old! And technically I don't have high cholesterol...I take mads to control it but since I've lost weight, I am only taking half my dose. :happy:

lotusspark

4/9 i'm a work in progress...

Gwen_B

Yes, that is me :-)

heather_huggins

woo hoo 7/9! i try to get my fruits and veggies in, but i lag some days and i'm still considered overweight

AlsDonkBoxSquat

"According to a new study, just 3% of Americans have optimal heart health. Even if you think you’re doing everything right, check out the list of nine heart-healthy items and see where you rank."

Nine criteria:
– No high blood pressure

– No high cholesterol

– No diabetes

– Not overweight

– Not underweight

– Not obese

– Don’t smoke

– Do at least 150 minutes of moderate physical activity or 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity a week

– Eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day


How many on the list do you meet? Just curious.

http://www.blisstree.com/2012/12/20/live/optimal-heart-health-three-percent-americans/
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/12/20/few-americans-have-healthy-hearts/

8/9. I don't eat enough fruits and veggies.

gingerveg

I am one of the 3%

ETA: not hard when you're veg. my DH is also one of 3% and he's veg. too

Tricep_A_Tops

Yes I am!! :happy:

HypersonicFitNess

I meet all of them... I'm one of the 3% :bigsmile: And I eat WAY more than 5 servings of veg/fruit per day!

skcardiog

8 out of 9 - damn you veggies !

tinytemple

I'm not American but otherwise I do!

Waszo

6 out of 9.

hozik

7 of 9: overweight/obese but working actively to change that.

cheshirequeen

most of the time 9/9, but although i think im at a great weight, if it were up to me 9/9, accoring to bmi its 8/9.