Lifestyle for preventing cardiovascular disease.

The World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee recommends dietary changes together with the smoking-control programs for prevention of cardiovascular diseases in the population. Promoting habitual physical activity is an important part of the population strategy. The lifestyle changes proposed in the population strategy require professional education, community leader education, public education, mass media education, community organization, and environmental changes. Effective population prevention of cardiovascular diseases needs national commitment, policy, planning, and development.