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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-02-03 Proclamation City of Iowa City PROCLAMATION Whereas, diseases of the heart are the nation's leading cause o£death and stroke is the third leading cause of death; and Whereas, cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death among women; and Whereas, heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases claim the lives of more than hal£a million women each year -- more than the next seven causes of death combined, and nearly twice as many as all forms o£cancer including breast cancer; and Whereas, the cost o£cardiovascular diseases and stroke in the US is estimated at $352 billion; and Whereas, one in five females in the United States have some form o£cardiovascular disease; and Whereas, 03 percent of women who died suddenly of coronary heart disease had no previous symptoms of this disease; and Whereas, February is designated as American Heart Month; and Whereas, the American Heart Association is launching a new campaign, Go Red For Women, to encourage women to pay attention to their hearts and help them live longer, stronger lives by reducing their risk £or cardiovascular disease. Now, therefore, ~, Ernest W. Lehman, Mayor of the City o£Iowa City, in recognition of the importance of the ongoing fight against heart disease and stroke, do hereby proclaim February 6, 2004, to be Wear Red for Women Day in Iowa City and urge all citizens to wear red in recognition of family, friends and neighbors who have suffered from heart disease, and as a show of support to fight it. By increasing awareness of the risk factors for this devastating disease and taking actions to reduce them, we can save thousands of lives each year. Signed in Iowa City, Iowa, __ this 3rd day of February, 2004. how do go red? P~*wer. Per~ot~al co~lrol. Pole~lial for a Iot~get; heahhier ]! !1 women ' heart disease Knowledge It Power, 5o l. earn }m~r Risks Go Red For Women is personal It's all High blood pressure · . · about your personal risk. Your personal the silent killer choices Yuur personal control It's called the silent killer because it usually Women face six major risk factors for hear1 has no symptoms, High blood pressure disease that you can prevent control or treat: forces your heart to work harder than I ! "1 will learn more about living a healthy life." high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, normal, which rnakes it arnO your arteries tobacco smoke, physical inactivity, obesity more likely to be injured. That raises your or overweight, and diabetes, risk for heart attack and stroke The only way to know if you have it is to have your doctor check it I Systolic : Diastolic [] I Category (mm Hg) (mm Hg) I I Categ°ry Total Cholesterol Level 1 Desirable lower risk Less than 200 mg/dL Normal* Less than 120 and less than 80 Pre Hypertension* 120-139 or 80-89·~ Z Borderline high higher risk 200-239 mg~dL ! Hypertension 140 or higher or 90 or higher __ High blood cholesterol more than 240 mg/dL and above twice the risk of desirable level · *Utmsuallylo,*readingsshouldbeevatuatedforc ct sgr, ificance · i 1 High blood cholesterol . . . v'v'crk wit-* your doctor to create a diet risky numbers and exercise plan to help you lose the treated high blood pressbre during pregnanc? Diastolic pressure is the pressure causes blood clots If a clot blocks a blood prescribe medication Even d ?ou need to take cholesterol lowering drugs, a healthy to drop It's cut in half drier one year without diet and exercise are still irnportant smoking, then continues to dechne until its II as Iow as a nonsmoker's risk Tobacco smoke... no ifs, ands or butts Physical inactivity . . . 7obacco kills Itl fact, smoking is tile single start moving! most preventable cause of death in the Regular inactivity increases your risk for United States Women who smoke are more heart disease or stroke But about 30 likely to die from heart disease or stroke. n/inures of physical activity on most days The solution may not be easy. but it's a of the week can help reduce your heart personal choice: If you smoke, quit Your disease risk by controlling blood cholesterol, will try to reach a healthy weight -- and stay there." doctor can help you break the habit And if diabetes and obesity and helping to lower you don't smoke, don't start, high blood pressure Check with your doctor before starting any exercise program Constant exposure to other people's tobacco smoke at work or at home ~ncreases your risk even if you don't smoke The good Obesity and overweight... news is that when you stop smoking no lighten your risks rna~ter how long or how much you've If you have too much body fat especially s[noked your risk of bea~ disease starts a lot at your waist your risk inoreases for '~gh blood pressure, high' blood cholesterol yoLJr weight ,n po,~nds by }S divide b'y your ~g~ ~,glycet des. daC, e es ~eatt disease heigh~ in ir,ones ther~ dvide agan Py your for each height. · BMI values from 18.5 to 24.9 are healthy. ,rays LO c, stirTmte a person s body fat · Overweight is defined as a BMI of Ahi,~h ~lskwaistlinels more than 35 25.0-29.9 ABMIof25corresponcsto ~ I ! '1 will stop and smell the roses." I I · Obesity is defined as a BMI of 30.0 or weight relative to yoLJr hsgh[ FO find your as a BMI of 400 or greater. weaqng ver}, little cloth,n9 and no shoes. Note: BMI values less than 18.5 are Diabetes . . . control it Diabetes mellitus is defined as a fastin9 blood for life glucose of 126 mgdL Most of the food or more measured on ,.ve eat turns into bye occasions. gk~cose, or sugar for our bodies to Two thirds to three use for energy The fourths of people pancreas an organ with diabetes die of near the stomach, some form of heart or makes a hormone blood vessel disease called insulin to Women with diabetes help glucose enter have two to four times our bodies' cells, the risk of death from want to see my daughter grow up, I so I'm going to talk to my doctor about how to I reduce my risk for heart disease." use its own insulirl as well as it should, or to rTanage your diabetes better If your blood both This causes your blood glucose sugar is too high (126 mg/dL or greater), ("blood sugar") levels to become too high talk with your healthcare professional. 10 ways to y o u r h e a I t h ...... II II Smoking /~l · How does smoking affect ITy heart? Iii' q u e s t ~ o n S t o a s k · How can l quit smoking? ¥ o u r d o c t o r · How can I keep from gaining weight a~er Iquit smoking? a b o u t h e a r t d i s e a s e Physical Activity a n d s t r o k e · HOW physically active should I be? · How can I ~ncrease my physical activity levels? · What types of physical activity would be good for me? · What types of physical activity should I do? ~'{ ':':; : · How would l know if l am having a head attack or stroke? lotal Cholesterol. M~, total cholesterol is 240 mgd[. or higher, OR I don'l kmm m5 lc~cl ~ HDL Ch~desterol. M) HDL ("good") ch¢~lcstcrol is less than 40 mg d[.. OR I don't knox~ Ta k e t h ~ q u i z , a n d m) HDLcbolcstcrolle~ck g O r e O ~ Ph)sical Acti,il). I get It, ss than a tolal (,I 3(I minutes of physical actixity on most ~ Diabetes. I ha~c diabclcs (a lasting blood sugar of 126 mg,dl or higber). OR I need medicine to control my blood sugar heart condition(s). OR I've had a heart attack. Check all boxes that app(v to you. lJ'.l'olt check 2 or more boxe~ *ee vo~tr red blood ceil count or sickle cell anemia alt 1-800-~H A-USA I ( 1-800-!42-8721 ), or x is~t us tm/ine at amez icanbeart.m g. kor stroke reformation, call 1-888-4-STROKE (1-888-478-76531.5ou can also xisit 1-888-4-STROKE 11-888-478-7653) and ask for thc Stroke Family Support Network. o h o o s e , o m o v e & Join our Go Red For Women programs. They're FREE! Sign up online by visiting americanheart, org/choosetomove and/or $ i rn p I e~ o i u ti o n s americanheart.org/simplesolutions. If you don't have access to the Internet: Choose To Move Simple Solutions 1) Check the program(s) you'd like to join, Join women across America who are learning Focus on health vitality and wellness with 2) Sign the consent form on the other side of this card. practical ways to increase physical actMty this free prograrn Make sirnple changes 3) Complete your name, address, phone and e-mail address below; drop this card and reduce their risk of heart disease and to irnprove your heart health and reduce in an envelope and mail it back to us at: Go Red For Women stroke Our t¢ee 12 week program also your risk for cardiovascular disease Simple American Head Association helps you make heart healthy land tasty!l Solutions provides tips about diet and exer 7272 Greenville Avenue food choices You'll receive: cise and other ways to live a head healthy It's that easy. Thank you/ Dallas, Texas 75231-4596 · a personal easy to follow handbook to life. You'll receive: increase physical activity · nutrition arid physical activity, tip cards [] Choose To Move · nutritior' tips and recipes for healthful eating · the E[~oy: cookbook which is filled with [] Simple Solutions · tips or] healthy ways to manage yoLJr hear[ healthy recipes weight, including success stones Please complete the following; · a journal with writing Icg, recipes, nutrition from women like you and information through online newsletters and physical activity tips Name · key facts on cardiovascular disease o online newsletters or educabonal postcard Address with facts about cardiovascular disease Enroll at americanheart.or§/choosetomove Enroll at amedcanheart.org/simplesolutions or fill out the enclosed forrn, or fill out the enclosed form Phone E mail I am voluntarily enrolling/h at least one of the programs menttoned ~n thts brochure ("AHA Programs") I wN consult with a physician to determine whether my participation is right for me, The AHA may recommend exercises that could be potentially hazardous. I expressly assume all nsk arising out of my participation I agree to not sue, and to release, ~ndemniF/and hold harmless, the AHA, Its agents, I and its sponsors from any and all liability whatsoever, ans~ng out of my part~b~pation in the AHA Programs. The foregoing release, indemnification, and hold harmless shall be as broad and ~nclusive as is petmitted by the state ~b which I live I assign to the AHA the right to gather, process, analyze, and retain the medical, · demographic and/or other ~nformat~on that I supply in the AHA Programs so that the AHA may provide and ~mprove its programs, products and services I consent to the disclosure by the AHA of any of this medical, demographic and/or other infolmatlon to entities which the AHA uses to gather, process, analyze, and retain i this ~nformation and to mail me material. I consent to the aggregation of my non- I tdent~fy~ng ~nformat~on w~th like information f~om other people. I authorize the AHA to mail me information about the AHA Programs or AHA offenngs. I I have read, understand, and agree to the foregoing as a condition ofpart,c,pating in the AHA Programs. II Signature Date City of Iowa City i a s ROCLAMATION Whereas, d' of the heart are the nation's leading and stroke is the third leading cause :leath; and Whereas, r diseases (CVD) cause of death among women; and Whereas, heart attack e and other claim the lives of more than half a million women, next seven causes of death combined, and nearly as all forms of, ~g breast cancer; and Whereas, the stroke in the US is estimated at $352 billion; and Whereas, one in five females in th{ have some form of cardiovascular disease; and Whereas,63 percent of women who 'of coronary heart disease had no previous symptoms of this disease; and Whereas, Heart Month; and Whereas, is a new campaign, Go Red For Women, to encourag, ~ them live longer, stronger lives by reducing for~ disease. Now, therefore, Lehman r of Iowa City, in recognition of the importance ~ do hereby proclaim February 6, to be for Day in Iowa City and urge to wear red in ily, friends and neighbors who have ,, from heart disease, and as a show ~ fight it. By increasing factors for this devastating taking actions to reduce them, we save thousands of lives each year. Mayor Signed in Iowa City, Iowa, __ this 3rd day of February, 2004. ! City of Iowa City PROCLAMATION Whereas, many thousands of America's armed forces have served this nation in times of both peace and war and, in doing so, have thereby assured the independence of all her people, and Whereas, more than a million veterans enter the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers nationwide for medical attention annually, and Whereas, these hospitalized veterans who yet bear the physical and emo- tional scars of war have most surely earned our gratitude for the many personal sacrifices they have made on our behalf, and Whereas, the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, for the 29th consecutive year, has organized a national day of tribute honoring all hospitalized veterans with the purpose of urging Americans to remember these men and women, especially on this day, and Whereas, we wish to express to the patients in the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers our concern, care, and sincere appreciation. Now, therefore, I, Ernest W. Lehman, Mayor of the City of Iowa City, Iowa, do hereby proclaim February 14, 2004, as Salute to Hospitalized Veterans Day in Iowa City, and urge ali citizens to pay tribute to the hospitalized veterans on this day and each day of the year. Mayor Signed in Iowa City, Iowa, this 3rd day of February, 2004. 3b City of Iowa City Whereas, many of America's armed forces have served this nation in times both peace and war and, in d~ing so, have thereby ill her people, and / Whereas, more than a enter of Veterans Affairs for annually, and Whereas, these hospitalized bear the physical and emo- tional scars of war have ~rely gratitude for the many personal sacrifices they and Whereas, the Department of Veteran: Centers, for the 29t~ consecutive year, has organized day of tribute honoring all hospitalized veterans with of urging Americans to remember these men and on this day, and Whereas, we wish of Veterans Affairs Medical r concern, care, sincere appreciation. Now, therefore, I, Ern W. Lehman the City of Iowa City, Iowa, Salute to' Day in Iowa City, and all citizens to pay tribute to the veterans on this dan day of the year. \, Mayor Iowa, thi~ ' of February, 2004. City of Iowa City PROCLAMATION Whereas, Sertoma International, a civic organization, the motto of which is "Service to Mankind," has adopted a Freedom Week Program dedicated to the re-emphasis of the values and responsibilities of people in a free society, and Whereas, Sertoma International has promoted the distribution of copies of the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence throughout its entire membership of Clubs, and Whereas, the Old Capitol Sertoma Club of Iowa City and Coralville supports Freedom Week through its National Heritage Essay Contest, an essay contest for Eighth Grade students in Johnson County designed to emphasize and educate students on responsibilities of citizens in a democracy, and Whereas, it seems proper and fitting to accord official recognition to Sertoma's Freedom Week. Now, therefore, I, Ernest W. Lehman, Mayor of the City of Iowa City, Iowa, do hereby proclaim and designate the week of February 15-21, 2004, to be Sertoma's Freedom Week in Iowa City and urge the citizens of Iowa City to support the objectives of this program. ~ Signed in Iowa City, Iowa, this 3rd day of February, 2004. City of Iowa City PROCLAMATIO)N Sertoma International, a civic organ~ the motto of "Service to Mankind," has ado a Freedom Week dedicated to the of the values and res a free society, Whereas, nternational has of copies of the Bill. and throughout } of Clubs, and Whereas, the Old of Iowa City and Coralville supports Freedom its National Heritage Essay Contest, an essay contest Eighth Grade students in Johnson County designed to asize and educate students on responsibilities of citizens and Whereas, it seems fittin accord official recognition to Sertoma's Freedom Now, therefore, w. Lehman, of the City of Iowa City, Iowa, hereby proclaim and esignate the week of February to be St s Freedom eek in Iowa urge the citizens of Iowa City to support ~e objectives of this Mayor Signed in Iowa City, Iowa, this 3rd day of February, 2004.