The American Heart Association, as part of its strategic goals for 2020 and beyond, has identified seven ideal health metrics: not smoking, a normal body mass index (BMI), physical activity, a healthy diet, normal cholesterol, normal blood pressure, and a normal fasting glucose level. 2 Given modern society's various challenges that limit the ease of adopting such behaviors, organized efforts infrastructurally and individually are required to reduce cardiovascular risk through such non-pharmacologic means. We continue to recognize that promoting beneficial health-related behaviors reduces cardiovascular risk. William Heberden cited an example of exercise being beneficial for cardiovascular disease without knowing the nature of the disease: "I knew one who set himself the task of sawing wood for half an hour each day and was nearly cured." 1 The importance of lifestyle factors and health behaviors to maintaining health has been recognized for centuries.
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