Which "heart health" community-based interventions could help to shift the distribution of risk factors and foster primary prevention and protective factors for heart disease in a population? (Select all that apply.)

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Modifiable risk factors for heart disease include smoking, physical inactivity, poor diet, obesity, presence of diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, and stress. There is also an increased risk of heart disease among vulnerable populations (e.g., people who are socially or economically disadvantaged). Prevention strategies would include tackling both the modifiable risk factors for heart disease and implementing health promotion activities that support active transport, reduce the geographic density of fast food outlets, and suspend the marketing of unhealthy snacks to children, as well as initiatives that help to close the gap in heart disease between the advantaged and disadvantaged individuals in a population (e.g., attending to equity concerns).

Which "Heart Health" Community-Based Interventions Could Help to Shift the Distribution