Increasing cardiac diseases can be prevented by adopting a healthy lifestyle, exercise, nutritious food habits and reducing obesity.

This was stated by University of Agriculture Faisalabad Vice Chancellor Prof Iqrar Ahmad Khan while a symposium on heart diseases held at the Center for Advanced Studies arranged by UAF in collaboration with Chughtais Lahore Lab Prof Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan said people are careless to adopt hygienic food habits, exercise and other preventive measures. He advised to make the workout a routine, it would prevent heart disease. He said every year 18.6 million people lose their lives due to cardiovascular diseases (CVD) at the global level, which is mainly caused by smoking, high blood pressure, obesity, and unhealthy lifestyle. He said that Asia has the highest number of patients with CVD. Of the 18.6 million CVD deaths in 2019 globally , as many as 58 percent have occurred in Asia. . He said that people with cardiovascular disease or who are at high cardiovascular risk due to the presence of one or more risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes, or already established disease, need early detection and management using counseling and medicines, as appropriate.