Why cardiovascular disease is no longer an older adult's problem

Heart attack conceptual artwork. [Courtesy/iStock}

Heart disease is fast becoming a young person's condition. Once viewed as a health concern for the middle-aged and elderly, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is now increasingly affecting people under the age of 40 including in Kenya.

Global and local data show a worrying rise in heart-related complications among the youth, a trend linked not to family history but largely to changes in lifestyle, diet and stress.