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According to the American Heart Association's “Heart Disease and Stroke Statistical Update,” cardiovascular disease continues to be the number one killer in the U.S., causing about 2200 deaths per day. Total direct and indirect costs of cardiovascular disease are approximately $300 billion per year. However, from 1998 to 2008, the annual rate of death from cardiovascular disease fell by 30.6%, and the annual rate of death from stroke fell by 34.8%.
Unfortunately, 38% of U.S. adults score in the “poor” range in at least three of the seven traditional cardiovascular risk categories (smoking, body-mass index, physical activity, diet, cholesterol level, blood pressure, and glucose metabolism), and only 6% are free of risk factors in all seven ca…