Nancy Liu's Fundraising Page

Hi Guys,

I've signed up to do the fun 5km run/walk at the Auckland Marathon to raise funds and awareness to support the Heart Foundation. Please take some time to read the info below and hopefully you'll be able to help this good cause to ensure the Heart Foundation continue its vital work in research, cardiac rehabilitation, education programmes and resources.

Many thanks, you guys are all awesome! =D

Cheers,
Nancy


Each day 16 New Zealanders die as a result of coronary heart disease. That's one person every 90 minutes. And many of these deaths are premature and preventable.

Cardiovascular disease (heart, stroke & blood vessel disease) is the single leading cause of death in New Zealand. It causes 40 percent of all deaths annually in our country - making it more deadly than all forms of cancer.

The nature of who is affected by it is changing. New research shows that young adults in their 20s and 30s are being admitted to hospital for heart attacks more than ever before, and that this age group is dying at a faster rate than people of the same age in previous generations. Much of this change is due to unhealthy lifestyles - poor eating habits, lack of physical activity and being a smoker.

But the good news is that many risk factors for heart disease are preventable, if people make healthy lifestyle choices.