Heart smart for Black women and Latinas
Subtitle: a 5-week program for living a heart-healthy lifestyle
By: Jennifer H. Mieres and Terri Ann Parnell, with Carol Turkington
Contributors: Parnell, Terri Ann; Turkington, Carol
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780312372675
Subjects: Heart; Diseases; African Americans; Cardiovascular Diseases; Hispanic American women; Hispanic Americans; Women's Health; African American women; Popular works; Prevention & control; Popular Works; Cardiovascular system; Prevention; Heart Diseases
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-229) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments --; title: Foreword --; title: Introduction -- -- pt. 1.; title: The double whammy : the high risk of heart disease for women in general and Black women and Latina in particular -- -- 1.; title: Heart disease : women's heart disease is different from men's -- -- 2.; title: Assessing your risk -- -- 3.; title: Don't be a statistic : it's never too late to get on the road to heart health -- -- 4.; title: Listen to your body -- -- pt. 2.; title: Three small steps to heart-healthy living in 5 weeks -- -- 5.; title: Week one : get ready by "setting the table" for the rest of your life! -- -- 6.; title: Week two : step 1 : get moving! -- -- 7.; title: Week three : step 2 : simple steps to healthier eating -- -- 8.; title: Week four : step 3 : stress less and enjoy -- -- 9.; title: Week five : FEAST : putting it all together for the rest of your life! -- -- pt. 3.; title: Preventing heart disease for a lifetime -- -- 10.; title: The power of partnering with your doctor --; title: Appendices --; title: Appendix A : Resources for heart-smart recipes --; title: Appendix B : Helpful health-care facts --; title: Appendix C : Common heart medications, treatment, and tests --; title: Appendix D : Questions and answers about heart disease --; title: Appendix E : Women's heart centers --; title: Glossary --; title: Suggested reading --; title: Index.