Combined with diet, physical activity is a primary mode of preventing heart disease. Physical activity can also help you lose weight and help with stress management, two other risk factors for heart disease. The recommended goal is 30 minutes of moderate activity on five or more days of the week. Use the guidelines in the articles below to build up your activity level through gradual increases in strength, endurance, and flexibility.

• Build Strength and Use it to Lose Weight
• Common-Sense Precautions for New Exercisers
• Develop a Heart Healthy Lifestyle
• Exercise and Fitness – NetWellness Topic
• Exercise and Heart Disease – Patient Education Materials
• Exercise Now…No Excuses
• Exercising for a Healthy Heart – Interactive Tutorial
• Healthy Ways to Deal with Stress
• Know Your Risk and Prevent Disease
• Physical Activity: The Health Connection
• Prevention is the Key to Heart Health
• Stress, Depression and Heart Disease
• Ward Off Heart Disease … Before it Strikes

For more information:

Go to the Heart Health health topic.