Nutrition and Cardiovascular Disease

		Jo Ann Carson, PhD, RD/LD Section Editor, Nutrition & Cancer Section Editor, Nutrition & Cardiovascular Disease Professor , Department of Clinical Nutrition UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

To keep a healthy heart, worry less about stress - think diet, exercise, cholesterol, obesity
Posted: February 2005
Source: UT Southwestern Health News Tips
Media Contact: Katherine Morales

When it comes to heart health, whether or not your job is stressful isn't what you should be worried about, according to doctors at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Diet, exercise and risk factors like high cholesterol, smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity are what contribute to a person's chance of having a heart attack.

"In my opinion, executives tend to be very organized and disciplined and often work exercise into their schedules," says Dr. James de Lemos, assistant professor of cardiology. "They do not have more heart attacks than the rest of the population. People with less-stressful jobs are just as susceptible to heart attacks."