Hostility, anger and depression also strain the body, increasing a person's vulnerability to coronary heart disease. On the positive side, supportive family and friends, hope and optimism foster better health. Multiple ways of targeting a health problem must be tried and evaluated, says Margaret Chesney of the University of California-San Francisco, a study author. For example, women fare worse than men after heart attacks. We think it's because they go home and go back to taking care of everyone else, cooking the high-fat meals their family wants and not getting enough exercise.
Family members are involved to support changes in diet and exercise.
It requires a lifestyle change, either working together with her family or helping her to create a supportive 'family of choice' that will keep her healthy. Bathing Suit Season will be here before you know it.