Test Your Knowledge about Heart and Blood Vessel Disease

1. Warning signs of a heart attack include:

a. uncomfortable pressure, fullness, squeezing, or pain in the chest lasting more than a few minutes
b. discomfort that may spread to shoulders, arms, neck, or jaw
c. discomfort accompanied by sweating, nausea, or shortness of breath
d. all of the above

2. The three most important heart disease risk factors that you can do something about are:

a. elevated blood cholesterol levels, smoking, and family history
b. high blood pressure, smoking, and a diet low in fiber
c. high blood pressure, smoking, and elevated blood cholesterol
d. age, gender, and smoking

3. Often the first symptom of high blood pressure and/or elevated blood cholesterol is:

a. heart attack
b. stroke
c. either heart attack or stroke

4. Heart disease is the number ___ killer of women.

a. 8
b. 3
c. 2
d. 1

5. Warning signs of a stroke include:

a. loss of balance
b. sudden, severe headache
c. numbness, tingling, weakness, or loss of feeling in your face, arm, or legs.
d. vision changes in one or both eyes
e. all of the above

6. Physical inactivity is related to heart disease. True False

7. When preventing heart disease, cholesterol and saturated fat are the only nutrients that I need to be concerned about. True False

8. Lean meat can be lower in fat than poultry. True False

9. If you buy frozen or canned vegetables, you are missing out on important vitamins and minerals. True False

10. There are never warning signs that you may have a stroke. True False

 

 

Answers: 1. D; 2. C; 3. C; 4. D; 5. E; 6. TRUE; 7. FALSE; 8. TRUE; 9. FALSE; 10. FALSE

(Information taken from the American Heart Association and the National Institutes of Health publications.)