Overview

• The World Heart Federation leads the annual World Heart Day observance on September 29 to promote awareness of cardiovascular disease.
• News18’s latest guidance leans on American Heart Association recommendations to prioritize fruits and vegetables, whole grains, healthy proteins, and low-fat dairy with heart-friendly fats.
• Readers are urged to limit fried and heavily processed foods, high-salt or high-sugar items, processed and red meats, fizzy drinks, and alcohol.
• A companion list highlights day-to-day items to skip such as soda, fried chicken, butter, French fries, excess salt and sugar, red meat, and flavored full-fat yoghurt.
• The coverage links rising heart disease to sedentary habits and junk food, and it reports expert claims—without detailed sourcing—of up to 50% risk reduction from small changes and an unnamed study tying frequent fries to early death.