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A healthy eating style is like a puzzle with many parts. Each food is different. Some foods may have more fat, sugar or salt while others may have more vitamins or fiber. There is a place for all these foods. What makes a diet good or bad is how foods fit together. Balancing your choices is important. Fit in a higher-fat food, like pepperoni pizza, at dinner by choosing lower-fat foods at other meals. And don't forget about moderation.

Programs & Services

Stroke & Heart Attack Prevention Program

The purpose of Georgia's Stroke and Heart Attack Prevention Program (SHAPP) is to reduce death and disability due to stroke, heart attack and other cardiovascular diseases by providing low income clients, uninsured or underinsured, access to antihypertensive medications, blood pressure monitoring, education and support services for detection, management, treatment and prevention of complications associated with uncontrolled hypertension.

The goals of the SHAPP are to:
Identify people at risk for cardiovascular disease, including hypertension and support lifestyle management to prevent the development of cardiovascular disease.
Provide treatment to persons with hypertension to achieve blood pressure control rates above the Healhty People 2010 Objective of 50%.
Assist clients with lifestyle modifications to improve health. Lifestyle modifications include improved nutritional choices, increased physical activity and prevention of tobacoo products use.
Support collaboration with community-based health care providers and partners.
Encourage and support policy change that improve access, affordability and availability of care to persons with cardiovascular disease and related factors.

The services provided by SHAPP address the major components required for Hypertension Management:
1. Screening and Detection
2. Monitoring and Evaluation
3. Pharmacological and Non-pharmacological Management
4. Education for Healthy Lifestyles

An individual must have a diagnosis of hypertension, based on the average of two or more properly measured, seateed blood pressure reading and documented blood pressure readings greater than 140/90 on each of two subsequent visits or is currently taking medication for hypertension.

Clients must meet the following eligibility requirements:
1. Be diagnosed as having primary hypertension.
2. Be 18 years of age or older.
3. Income does does not exceed 185% of current Federal Poverty Guidelines.
4. Uninsured or underinsured; no medicaid coverage.