Question

Coaching Activity: Understanding Cardiovascular Disease Part B - Risk Factors for CVD Consider how the following behaviors, characteristics, or facts affect the risk for CVD, especially CHD. Determine whether each increases, decreases, or has no effect on the risk for CVD. Drag the appropriate behaviors, characteristics, or facts to their respective bins. Reset Help being a premenopausal woman having elevated LDL cholesterol levels having elevated HDL cholesterol levels choosing running rather than swimming for exercise eating a diet low in saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium and high in whole grains, fruits, and vegetables living a sedentary lifestyle participating in regular vigorous exercise having reduced HDL cholesterol levels having excess abdominal fat/apple shape being exposed to secondhand smoke Increases Risks for CVD/CHD Decreases Risks for CVD/CHD Has No effect on CVD/CHD Risk Submit Request Answer Part C - Steps for Lowering Risk of CVD

Answer 1

Answer: Increases the risk of CHD/ CVD:

• Having elevated LDL cholesterol
• Having excessive abdominal fat.
• Being exposed to second hand smoke.
• Having reduced HDL level

Decreases the risk of CVD:

• Eating a diet low in saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium and high in fruits, whole grain.
• Having elevated HDL cholesterol level
• Choosing running rather than swimming
• Participating in exercise

Has no effect:

• Being permenoposal women.