Healthy habits throughout life — eating better, moving more, maintaining a healthy weight, and not smoking — are important steps to prevent heart disease. You also need to keep an eye on factors that make heart disease more likely. These include diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Read key points that you should know about new recommendations from the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association: Guideline on Heart Disease Prevention (2019). Learn more about these building blocks for a healthy heart:
