29. September 2020.
Bad Vilbel, XX 2020 – September 29 is "World Heart Day". This is an initiative of the international World Heart Federation (WHF), to which heart foundations and medical societies belong. As in previous years, the aim of this day is to draw attention to risk factors for heart disease and their prevention: high blood pressure, smoking, excessive sugar- or fat-rich food and too little exercise can all contribute to heart attacks . Only 62 percent of Europeans know that heart attacks are the most frequent cause of death in Europe. The French in particular underestimate their mortality rate (46 percent). The situation is different in Germany: More than the average number of people in this country know about the risk of a heart attack (72 percent).
But it is not only lifestyles that can have a crucial influence on cardiac health: as with many diseases, our genes can also have a decisive impact on heart conditions. Nevertheless, only about one in two Europeans (55 percent) knows that the predisposition to cardiovascular disease can be inherited. For the Brits, this applies to only 40 percent of those surveyed. In Finland, people are much more enlightened: 82 percent are aware that the trigger for cardiovascular disease can be in their own family.
These are the results of the second international STADA Health Report, a representative study with more than 24,000 respondents across twelve countries. On behalf of STADA Arzneimittel AG, the market research institute Kantar surveyed about 2,000 people between the ages of 18 and 99 in each of Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom on the topic of "The road to the future of health". Further information on the STADA Health Report and much more can be found at: www.yourhealth.stada
