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Place the cuff over your upper arm and tighten the cuff over your arm, making sure you can fit two fingers underneath the cuff.

Check with your healthcare team how often to measure your blood pressure at home if you have your own monitor. Snacks: Small handful of unsalted peanuts ; one carrot cut into sticks; two satsumas (or easy-peelers ) . If this is the case for you, our weight loss hub has all the resources and information you need to make simple changes. The first is when the pressure is at its highest (or systolic pressure), and the second at its lowest (or diastolic pressure).Being at this level might prompt you to live a healthier lifestyle so you don’t develop high blood pressure. The BHF Heart Hero Awards are our way of thanking those who, through their invaluable support, are helping to make a difference towards fulfilling our vision of a world free of heart and circulatory diseases.

This worksheet is part of Get active, stay active and comes with accompanying downloadable resources - available below. If you’ve been asked by your GP or nurse to check your blood pressure, take it twice a day – morning and evening – and then make an appointment to see him or her to discuss the results.Rest your arm on a table if you have one and just make sure your hand and arm are relaxed on the table. This award recognises the exceptional contribution and support that a university, company, or organisation has made to help us raise valuable funds alongside achieving ethical and sustainability goals and targets, such as rescuing items from landfill or reducing emissions. All our Heart Hero Awards categories are open to everyone who has a connection to BHF and reside in the UK.

Watch as Senior Cardiac Nurse, Philippa Hobson, explains how to measure your blood pressure step-by-step in our short video to the left. If you've been prescribed medication to control your blood pressure, it's really important you take it as prescribed. We do not provide any individualised advice on prevention, treatment and management for patients or their family members. For over-80s, because it’s normal for arteries to get stiffer as we get older, the ideal blood pressure is under 150/90 mmHg (or 145/85 mmHg at home). It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times.We’ve planned a week of meals that will give you a balanced, heart-healthy diet whilst helping you to control your spending. If you’re a healthy adult aged 40 to 74, and live in England or Wales, you’ll be invited to a free NHS Health Check every 5 years, which will include a blood pressure check. Throughout 2023 INCA will be raising money for this worthy cause at various events including the golf days, networking events (to be announced shortly), specific fundraising efforts and, of course at the INCA awards ceremony itself.

The British Nutrition Foundation's Healthy Eating Week 2024 will be taking place from 10-14 June 2024. The BHF offers a wide range of health and fitness devices to help monitor and maintain your health at home. If you decide to take your blood pressure at home, you will need to get a home blood pressure monitor. Lunch: Cheese salad sandwich made with reduced-fat Cheddar, salad, two slices of wholegrain bread and spread. They can give you information and support about heart and circulatory diseases, as well as their risk factors.

Talk to your GP or practice nurse who can advise or refer you to see a registered dietitian if you need more tailored support to plan your meals. We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.