Dan Thorward BSN, RN, EMT-P

Living Healthy
DAN THORWARD MS, RN, EMT-P

AAS Emergency Medical Services CSCC

BS Health Professions KCMA
ADN, BSN Nursing Chamberlain Collage of Nursing
MS Nursing Education Andrews University
Assistant Nurse Manager MICU&8ICU OSUMC
Health Ministries Director Ohio Conference
No financial interests to disclose

Outline
What's Killing America?
Healthy Living
Exercise
Healthy diet
The Complete Health Improvement Project (CHIP)
Summery

Common Risk Factors

What's Killing America?

Number of deaths for leading causes of death

Heart disease: 599,413
Cancer: 567,628
Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 137,353
Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 128,842
Accidents (unintentional injuries): 118,021
Alzheimer's disease: 79,003
Diabetes: 68,705
Influenza and Pneumonia: 53,692
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 48,935
Intentional self-harm (suicide): 36,909

Healthy Living

Heart Disease, Stroke, Cancer, Diabetes

Modern Medicine works to late. Treatment is

The big Three:

Obesity, Heart Disease, Diabetes.

There needs to focus on prevention.

Obesity, Hypertension, Smoking, Cholesterol, Age,

Alcohol over use, Gender, Genetics

focused on intervention after a major health event.

Exercise

Healthy diet

Benefits of Exercise:
Wait control, Blood pressure Control, Stress Reduction,
increased self esteem, more energy, better sleep.

The benefits of a healthy diet:

Wait control, blood pressure control, more energy, improved
self esteem

Three components of Physical Fitness:

Flexibility
Cardio
Strength

The best diet is low in fat and cholesterol, and high in

Start where you are

Walk every day

fiber with lots of hydration

Tips to eat healthier

Drink more water

Eat simple foods simply prepared
Include more whole grains
Eat more foods as grown

CHIP
The Complete health Important Project
One month, four nights per week
Pre and post health screenings
Healthy dinner each night.
Nightly lectures and learning activates
Group support
Alumni meetings

Summery
Americas most common killer diseases have common

risk factors.

Regular exercise can mitigate many rick factors

Start where you are
A healthy diet can mitigate many risk factors
Eat more foods as grown
Drink more water

Questions ?

Thank You
BE HEALTHY