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Want to live long and strong? One of the most important things you can do is keep your heart healthy. Your heart pumps blood to every part of your body. That blood carries the oxygen and nutrition that your body needs to perform at its best.
You may not have control over all of the risk factors for heart disease, including your age, sex, race and family health history. But you can control other factors, such as your diet, incorporating the best exercises for heart health and living a heart-healthy lifestyle.
A recent study found that lifestyle choices you make as a young adult can predict your risk of heart attack in middle age. Harvard's School of Public Health offers this heart health quiz to see what your risk level looks like.
Go ahead, take the quiz. We'll wait.
Are you back? Don't like your risk score? Here's what you can do to improve it.
Stick to these healthy lifestyle tips to help you achieve and maintain good heart health and potentially reduce your risk factors for heart disease. Your heart will love you for it.