Go Red for Women

Unity is proud to support Go Red for Women, the American Heart Association's (AHA) campaign to promote heart health among women and to fight heart disease and stroke.

Heart disease is the number one killer of women in America*.  Unity and UW Health are committed to helping women prevent heart disease and stroke through a variety of programs.

How Can You be Heart-Healthy?

Talk to Your Doctor

Schedule a yearly checkup with your primary care physician (PCP) to have your blood pressure, cholesterol and blood glucose levels checked. Are you in need of a primary care physician?  Go to Find a Doctor today to find an available PCP. 

Healthy Eating for Your Heart

Good nutrition is key to a heart-healthy lifestyle and to prevent heart disease.

• UW Health:  Healthy Choices Video Series
  The Healthy Choices Video Series features UW Health nutritionist, Amy Mihm, and her tips on selecting the right foods to help you prepare heart-healthy meals for you and your family.
  
  
• Heart-Healthy Recipes
  Check out the flavorful, heart-healthy recipes from UW Health's Go Red for Women Heart-Healthy Recipes guide.

Wellness for Your Heart

Unity offers our members a variety of programs and resources to help you maintain a heart-healthy lifestyle, or to make the changes necessary to help prevent heart disease.

• Take a Health Risk Assessment to learn more about your health risk factors.
  
  
• Participate in Fitness First exercise reward program and Wellness First for nutrition, weight management, stress management, smoking cessation classes, and more!
  
  
• Learn more about heart disease and heart health in the Healthwise Knowledgebase.

For more tips on how you can take charge of your heart health visit UW Health's Go Red for Women.  

* Heron MP, Hoyert DL, Murphy SL, Xu JQ, Kochanek KD, Tejada-Vera B. Deaths: Final data for 2006. [PDF–633K] National Vital Statistics Reports; Vol. 57 No. 14. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2009.