The whole body is connected and works together like a team. Your heart, kidneys, and the way the body creates, stores and uses energy (metabolic health) have different jobs, but together they affect your overall health. Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic health, or CKM health, is a new concept that explains how your heart, kidneys, and energy systems are interconnected and work together. CKM health is about your overall health and taking action early to prevent a heart attack, heart failure or stroke.
The American Heart Association is leading the way in helping people understand CKM and manage their overall health by focusing on the whole person, not just one disease at a time.
This year, I am walking to spread the word so that people can learn how to:
- spot health problems earlier
- take steps to stay healthier longer
- make smart choices about food, exercise, and checkups
- avoid more serious problems later, like heart attacks, stroke or kidney failure
Every dollar donated means more opportunities to learn, more people trained in lifesaving CPR, more research and more lifesaving moments for everyone.
I Walk to Save Lives. Please help me reach my goal today.?