To stay healthy, every adult should be aware of the risk factors. These include a family history of heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, smoking and diabetes. If you or someone you know has one or more of these risk factors, consult your primary care physician about what steps you can take to minimize your risk. Of the risk factors, the most important step someone can take to prevent a heart attack is to stop smoking. As difficult as quitting may seem, smoking outweighs all other risk factors combined.
Exercise is also important.
Exercising 30 minutes a day, four days a week, cuts an adult's risk of a heart attack by half. In addition, monitoring cholesterol and glucose levels, blood pressure, and you lifestyle are important.