Getting back in shape after COVID-19 pandemic key to reducing risk for heart disease
Medical experts say in the wake of COVID-19, cardiovascular disease could grow dramatically over the next few years. Author: Eleanor Tabone (WLTX) Updated: 12:03 AM EDT July 3, 2021
COLUMBIA, S.C. Medical experts say in the wake of COVID-19, cardiovascular disease could grow dramatically over the next few years. With that in mind, they also say it s important for people to get in shape.
According to the American Heart Association cardiovascular disease numbers are set to worsen, due to poor lifestyle behaviors during the pandemic. DHEC numbers show that in 2019, before the pandemic, more than 10,000 South Carolinians died from a heart related disease.