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It's all about you — and your heart. Love Your Heart! is a major community project taking place across Toronto. The program involves a city-wide community of partners — public health, community health centres, businesses, volunteer organizations, fitness and recreation organizations, boards of education and hospitals, all working together for heart health. Heart disease is the #1 cause of death in Ontario, for both women and men, so we all have an urgent need to take action and address the lifestyle choices that can make a difference. The Love Your Heart program has identified three key lifestyle choices — quitting or preventing smoking, eating better, and being more physically active. The program addresses these issues through community and volunteer activities: it uses paid advertising and promotion to increase awareness. The program is funded in part by the Ontario Ministry of Health. What can you do to help? Get involved: encourage your company or organisation to become a heart health partner or sponsor. And you and your family can get serious about your own heart health by paying attention to the three key lifestyle choices — your heart will love you for it! Member Organizations Access Alliance Multicultural Community Health Centre ALCAP All Nations Full Gospel Church Anne Johnston Health Station Black Creek Community Health Centre Bloor Jewish Community Centre Canadian Cancer Society Centennial College of Applied Arts & Science Christie-Ossington Neighbourhood Centre Churches of the Donway City of Toronto, Economic Development Culture & Tourism Delta Child Care Network Don Mills Foundation for Senior Citizens Incorporated Doorsteps Neighbourhood Services Downsview Ministerial Association Exploring Toronto Program First Portuguese Senior's Centre Food Share Toronto Four Villages Community Health Centre Greenest City Heart & Stroke Foundation of Ontario Humber River Regional Hospital Jane/Finch Community and Family Centre Lakeshore Area Multi-Service Project Lawrence Heights CHC Learning Enrichment Foundation Red Cross Society Macaulay Child Development Centre MDS Laboratory Services Nicotine Dependence Clinic North York Community House North York General Hospital North York Seniors Centre North York Women's Centre Parkdale Community Health Centre Portuguese Women 55 Plus Revival Time Tabernacle Rexdale Community Health Centre Rexdale Womens Centre Riverdale Immigrant Women's Centre Rouge Valley Health System, Centenary Site Scadding Court Community Café Scarborough Community Cardiac Rehabilitation Scarborough Hospital, General Division Senator O'Connor Shoppers Drug Mart Shoppers Drug Mart, Jane Finch Mall Somaliland Canadian Society of Metro Toronto South Asian Heart Health Group Southern Ontario Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative Stonegate Community Health Centre Sunnybrook & Womens College HSC Syme 55 + Centre Toronto Catholic District School Board Toronto District School Board The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine Tony's Law Firm Toronto East General Hospital Toronto General Hospital Toronto Housing Company Toronto Police Service Toronto Public Health University Health Network University of Toronto, Health Service University Settlement Recreation Centre Volunteer with the Explorers Walking Club Wagman Centre, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Wellness Centre, York University Westpark Hospital William Osler Health Centre Women's Health in Women's Hands YMCA York Community Services York-West Seniors Centre The Toronto Heart Health Partnership also acknowledges our many community volunteers, and thanks you for your continued support. nequality is Bad for Our Hearts: Why Low Income and Social Exclusion are Major Causes of Heart Disease in Canada. This report commissioned by the North York Heart Health Network explores the role that income and its distribution play in the incidence of Cardiovascular Disease. We’ve assembled a list of selected websites, organised by the 3 key risk factors that affect heart health, plus a general area. Many of these sites also have their own extensive collections of links. The Canadian Lung Association www.sk.lung.ca/smoking/ "Smoking Cessation Program" helps you identify what stage you are at in the process of quitting smoking and how to proceed from where you are. The Ontario Lung Association www.on.lung.ca/community/smoke_cess.htm Site provides information on smoking cessation programs and how to order free reading materials on how to quit. The Canadian Cancer Society www.cancer.ca/tobacco/quite.htm "One Step at a Time’ self-help program for quitting smoking. The Canadian Council on Tobacco Control www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/tobacco/ehd/tobacco/pdf/report.pdf Accessing this URL will automatically download a review of nicotine replacement therapies such as the patch and nicotine gum. Requires Adobe PDF reader.