WomenHeart and Burlington store reveal the results of the Heart of Style Tour program

During the launch of the National Week of the Woman’s Health, the National Coallition of Women with Heart Disease (WomenHeart) and Burlington Store, revealed the results of the Heart of style tour program, in which American women of Latino origin were identified as being physically inactive and have a Body Mass Index in the obesity rank, both risk factors for heart disease.53% of the women that completed the evaluation poll of the Heart of style tour, have a high risk to suffer from a heart disease. 41% said that they did not know how to recognize a heart attack’s signals and 62 % said they were surprised by their evaluation’s results.”There is an urgent need to educate American women of Latino origin, and all women, about their risk factors, to encourage them to make healthy lifestyle changes,” Lisa Tate, WomenHeart’s director. The Heart of style tour was held until March 31st in all the Burlington shops, where millions of clients made generous donations to help cover the funds for the education about women’s heart health, through WomenHeart). As a result, there were raised US$1.4 million in donations for the organization, as well as US$25,000 donated by Burlington to support the cause.