The European Union recommended on Monday
\nthat people under 35 are screened at least once for heart disease, and
\nadvised regular checks for those aged 35 and over.<\/p>\n
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death and disability in the
\n27-country bloc, causing 1.7 million deaths each year.<\/p>\n
Some 62 million people are affected<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Heart diseases are on the rise despite the fact that risk factors such as The European Commission — the EU’s executive arm — is seeking to establish It recommended “at least one health check” including blood pressure, blood For people aged 35 to 64, the commission suggested a wider range of tests at They should be checked for lifestyle factors, respiratory function, From the age of 65, the EU recommended checks every three to five years.<\/p>\n “We need to help people build healthier habits from an early age and to be He cited high levels of smoking and vaping as well as obesity and physical <\/p>\n -BSS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The European Union recommended on Monday that people under 35 are screened…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46,89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-like-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3202,"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3199\/revisions\/3202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhakastatement.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nhigh blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes and obesity can be mitigated if
\ndetected early enough.<\/p>\n
\nbetter practices across the bloc, pointing out that only a the small number
\nof countries have checks in place.<\/p>\n
\nsugar and cholesterol for people under 35 years of age.<\/p>\n
\nleast every five years.<\/p>\n
\nreproductive health status and mental health, among others, it said.<\/p>\n
\nable to identify risks sooner,” health chief Oliver Varhelyi said.<\/p>\n
\ninactivity among the young.<\/p>\n