World Heart Day :: 29th of September

September | Tuesday | 29, 2015 :: The World Heart Foundation organizes World Heart Day, an international campaign held on September 29 to inform people about cardiovascular diseases, which are the biggest cause of death. The day promotes preventative measures to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
World Heart Day, which used to take place every year on the last Sunday in September, is organized by the World Heart Federation, and has been celebrated annually since 2000. As of 2011, World Heart Day is celebrated every 29 September and no longer on the last Sunday of September. Together with its members, the World Heart Federation spreads the news that at least 80% of premature deaths from heart disease and stroke could be avoided if the main risk factors, tobacco, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity, are controlled. Collaborators of the World Heart Federation include several major international non-profits such as the Indian Heart Association. National activities such as public talks and screenings, walks and runs, concerts or sporting events are organized worldwide by members and partners of the World Heart Federation. It is a chance for people across the globe to take part in the world’s biggest intervention against cardiovascular disease (CVD).
This year’s theme for WHD is Creating healthy, heart choices for everyone everywhere.

Past themes have included:
2013: Take the road to a healthy heart
2011-2012 : One World, One Heart, One Home
2009-2010 : I Work with Heart
2008 : Know your Risk
2007 : Team Up for Healthy Hearts!
2006 : How Young is Your Heart?
2005 : Healthy Weight, Healthy Shape
2004 : Children, Adolescents and Heart Disease
2003 : Women, Heart Disease and Stroke
2002 : What Shape are you in?
2001 : A Heart for Life
2000 : I Love my Heart: Let it beat!