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public health pertaining to the United States-Mexico border for the awareness
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schedule of service is Monday to Friday of 8:00-12:00 and 1:00-5:00. An appointment is required
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At least 30% of people in the Americas suffer from hypertension, or high blood pressure, for which excessive dietary salt is the main risk factor. For 1 of 3 people who have hypertension, cutting sodium intake can reduce their blood pressure to normal levels. Reducing dietary salt could also prevent an estimated 25% of heart attacks and strokes worldwide.
El Paso, Texas, May 7, 2013 – Being
overweight or even obese are conditions affecting millions of Americans
and El Paso is no exception. Local statistics indicate that although
obesity rates in the Sun City are lower than the rest of Texas, we have
one of the highest rates for people who are overweight. In an effort to
support El Pasoans who are ready to remove themselves and families from
being part of these statistics, the City of El Paso Department of Public
Health continues to establish new Move! El Paso trails as a way to
provide community members with marked walking trails in their
neighborhoods.
El
Paso, Tx., May 8, 2013 (PAHO). – According to the World Health Organization, an
estimated 36 million deaths, or 63% of the 57 million deaths that occurred
globally in 2008, were due to noncommunicable diseases, comprising mainly
cardiovascular diseases (48%), cancers (21%), chronic respiratory diseases
(12%) and diabetes (3.5%).
