Health and Prevention

Nutrition and Exercise are Key for Your Heart

Heart disease is the number one killer of men and women in the United States.

At UVA, we can help you prevent and manage this dangerous condition with these specialized clinics:

The Diabetes Cardiovascular Clinic is a special place for patients with diabetes, who are often at higher risk for heart disease and stroke. Here, doctors, nurses, cardiovascular rehabilitation specialists, endocrinologists and others work with patients in one convenient location.

The Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Wellness Clinic provides lifestyle education and health monitoring to patients who've had a heart attack or heart surgery, or who want to participate in a heart disease prevention program.

The Club Red Clinic team specializes in providing preventive heart care for women at all stages of life. We emphasize reducing heart and diabetes risk factors by empowering women with knowledge and support and encouraging heart-healthy lifestyle changes and standard medical treatment.

Health, Nutrition and Your Heart

There are steps you can take to lower your risk for heart disease.

If you already have heart disease, we can work with you to develop heart-healthy habits that can prevent further damage.

Our nutritionists and exercise physiologists help patients chose heart-healthy foods, develop exercise plans and manage other risk factors.

You may be able to avoid or lessen the severity of this disease by developing healthy eating and exercise plans that:

• Improve your cholesterol
• Reduce your blood pressure
• Lower your blood sugar or control diabetes
  
• Help you lose weight
• Manage coronary heart disease or failure

A Heart-Healthy Diet

Find out more about eating well for your heart's health (PDF).

Related Links:

• American Heart Association
• American Diabetes Association