What are cardiovascular diseases?
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are diseases that affect the heart or blood vessels (veins and arteries). They can be caused by a combination of behavioral, socioeconomic and environmental risk factors, including improper diet (daily consumption of meat, fish, eggs, dairy products that are a source of cholesterol), tobacco use, physical inactivity, harmful use of alcohol, air pollution, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, kidney disease [...]
