The Heart Foundation is holding a pole dancing display in Darwin today to raise awareness about heart disease in women.

The foundation says heart disease is the biggest killer of women, with four times as many dying from the disease than breast cancer.

It says 890 people out of every 100,000 in the Territory die from heart disease, and women are particularly at risk because they have low awareness of the threat.

Higher rates of smoking, poor diet and high levels of rheumatic heart disease in remote communities are contributing to the higher death rates.

Royal Darwin Hospital’s director of cardiology, Marcus Ilton, says regular exercise is the best protection.

“Whatever activity you’re doing, it needs to be something that you can continue doing, that you enjoy doing and is not a burden for you and is not necessarily expensive.

“So whatever activity you take on, make sure it is fun.”

Royal Darwin Hospital’s director of cardiology, Marcus Ilton, says Territory death rates are higher because of higher smoking rates and high rates of rheumatic heart disease in remote communities.

“In the Territory we have the highest mortality rate for both men and women across this country of about 890 people per year per 100,000.

“So that equates to nearly 1500 people and about 47 per cent of them are women.”

Source: ABC News

KENDRA Wilkinson has made no secret of her plan to trim down further before her wedding, and she’s taken her fans behind the scenes of her pole dancing exercise regime.

In Wilkinson’s official blog, the former Playboy hottie posted a photo of herself at home with her built-in

removable pole for her exercise regime, and told of how she is being professional trained.

She also teased fans with an upcoming video of her pole dancing in full flight with tips.

She wrote: “ive definitely hit the pole a time or two just for fun but wanted to learn the best ways to use it to get my body in smokin shape and look hottttt while doing it. i decided to take a professional lesson and had fitness instructor Estee Zakar come to my house to show me how to swing like a pro! its one of those things that people think they could never do but its a LOT easier than it looks…TRUST ME!!!!”

Source: The Daily Telegraph

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