Helping your child
enjoy a healthy heart

Our hearts beat about 100,000 times every day – that's a lot of work. So it's important we make sure our hearts are in good shape. You may not be aware that heart problems can start in childhood – an excess of saturated fat can raise cholesterol levels, which in turn can have an adverse effect on heart health.

But the good news is that it's not difficult to give your kids a healthy start. And you've come to the right place to discover how because the Never Too Early website is dedicated to looking after heart health in youngsters.

H·E·A·R·T UK supports Never Too Early because it recognises the way to a healthy heart in later life is to start thinking about heart health in childhood.

Remember, it's never too early to look after your family's heart health. To find out more take a look at the sections below.