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THE FRANCISCAN HEART CENTER, THE HEART & VASCULAR CENTER AT HARRISON AND HIGHLINE MEDICAL CENTER—all part of CHI Franciscan Health—offer a variety of wellness tools to help make the delicate act of balancing healthy habits and your family's busy schedule easier. Ranging from our hearthealth! book to online videos and blood pressure kiosks at local malls, these resources provide everything you need to take charge of your family's heart health. You try to eat well and exercise regularly, but sometimes life gets in the way. Find the time to take care of your heart with these tools. STEPS to Filly Sy 'Yes' to 3 HEART HEALTH SUSAN LEVY, The Heart-Healthy Woman, founder of The Well-Fed Heart, preceptor for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and spokesperson for the Seattle American Heart Association's Go Red for Women campaign "A healthy lifestyle change starts with baby steps, and eventually, those steps lead to a better way of life. It's never too late to start taking care of your heart, and when you do, your heart will take care of you." For more than a decade, Franciscan hearthealth! has served as a community resource for wellness information. The 2015 edition of hearthealth! is available in print and online and also ties into our new Well- Fed Heart website, which can guide you to healthier food choices. "Eating the wrong foods and not getting enough exercise leads to as much as 75 percent of diseases," said Lynn Clark, ARNP, a women's health practitioner at CHI Franciscan Health who uses our annual hearthealth! book in her practice. "Heart disease kills more women each year than breast cancer, but most women don't realize heart disease is a signifi cant threat. They are so busy taking care of their families they don't make time to care for themselves." CHI Franciscan's hearthealth! makes prioritizing cardiovascular health much easier. The handy guide provides recipes, nutritional advice, a sample food diary, information about cardiovascular risk factors, and a place to log your blood pressure. With the online version, you can access the information you need while on the go or relaxing at home. "The main focus of hearthealth! is to motivate community members to commit to healthful eating for the rest of their lives," Clark said. "Diets don't work—you can't stay on a diet indefi nitely. But you can change your lifestyle." LYNN CLARK, ARNP MAKE OVER YOUR LIFESTYLE WITH A 2015HEARTHEALTH! BOOK STEP 1: 1 CHI FRANCISCAN HEALTH /// chifranciscan.org 6