Heart disease is one of the leading
causes of death in the world, in fact in Pakistan it is the leading cause of
disease. This disease claimed 7 million
lives in 2011 according the World Health Organization. However, today we are
focusing on a story brought to you from Pakistan and the prevalence of coronary
heart disease (CHD). The reason I chose
to discuss this is that it is affecting a number of people in Pakistan. In
fact, 30 to 40 percent of all deaths are due to cardiovascular diseases in
Pakistan. Deaths from this disease have
reached 200,000 per year and that is 410/100,000 of the population.
Furthermore, the article I chose
mentions that children are prone to get cardiovascular diseases and this can begin
before they are even born during development, and this increases throughout
their lives because of lack of exercise, unhealthy diets and smoking. The technology we have today has
detrimentally affected children, because it influences a lack of physical
activity. The diets we consume are full of “bad” fats, sugar and the
advertisement of tobacco is a contributor, which according to WHO, “78 % of young
people aged 13-15 years report regular exposure to some form of tobacco
advertising, promotion and sponsorship.” This is a big problem because smoking
is one of the causes that increase cardiovascular disease. In the article, Dr. Ashraf says that unless
one takes action to modify their risk factors the greater the likelihood of
getting heart disease.
The
article discusses many other risk factors including male pattern baldness, salt
intake, tooth loss, poverty and urbanization. These things all turn back to the
fact that being in poverty can cause all of these risk factors potentially. The
answer to prevent cardiovascular disease would be to implement a ban on tobacco
advertisements, promotion of healthy diets in urban and rural areas and daily exercise
routines. How about replacing those tobacco advertisements with healthy eating
ones? It is a proven fact that banning tobacco advertisements are very
effective. They also discuss salt intake
in Pakistan as a problem, they say that the amount of salt as a country they
intake is greater than the rest of the world.
The article suggested promoting
healthier lunches at school s and being physically active and not meaning going
running and such something as simple as outdoor play for children or household
work for adults. Heart disease affects
not only other countries, but a variety of individuals including women, men and
also children. The best thing to do and that we can do is make people
aware. This all points back to sociology
because it is becoming a big problem in the world affecting a lot of people.
Heart disease interrupts lives, work and people do not live as long as intended
therefore not being as productive for as long as they can.
Emily Vestrat- 10/3/13 6:17 pm
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