National Wear Red Day Friday

Proclamation

Whereas, National Wear Red Day celebrates the extraordinary progress in women’s heart health and recognizes that more needs to be done in Eastland County to safeguard women’s health for generations to come.

Whereas, Heart disease is the #1 killer of women and one in four American women die as a result of heart disease.

Whereas, Most women do not know that heart disease is a woman’s problem and they do not take it seriously.

Whereas, The risk factors for heart disease are smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, overweight/obesity, physical inactivity, diabetes, a family history of early heart disease, and age.

Whereas, Keeping women healthy and promoting awareness of women’s health issues, including heart health, is an important responsibility and depends on the actions of many organizations and groups in our community.

Whereas, Women’s health remains a priority for families, communities, and government, and our commitment to keeping women healthy is stronger than ever.

Whereas, The Heart Truth campaign and its Red Dress symbol are building awareness of women’s heart disease risk and empowering them to reduce their risk and prevent heart disease.

Therefore, Eastland County women need to take action to make heart health a priority for themselves and their families, become aware of their personal risk factors for heart disease, and take action to lower their risk.

Now, therefore, I, The Honorable Rex Fields, do hereby proclaim Friday, February 5, 2010 as

in Eastland County and encourage all citizens to wear red to unite in the national movement to give women a personal and urgent wake-up call about their risk of heart disease.