Heart Research UK Pirate School Talk

Captain HartleyCaptain HartleyCaptain HartleyCaptain Hartley

heart beats

two and a half billion times

2,500,000,000

your heart is amazing

every day your heartevery day your heartevery day your heartevery day your heart

• beats 100,000 times

• pumps 7,200 litres of blood

• and makes your blood…

x 3600x 3600x 3600x 3600

…travel over 19,000km

that’s the same distance as sailing from Hull to

Rio de Janeiro and back

HULLHULLHULLHULL

RIO DE RIO DE RIO DE RIO DE JANEIROJANEIROJANEIROJANEIRO

coronary arteries

Ahoy there Ahoy there Ahoy there Ahoy there mmmm’’’’heartiesheartiesheartiesheartiesI need your help with my crew. They’ve gotten into bad habits, are too lazy and slow to find me some treasureI need a crew with a heart of goldI need a crew with a heart of goldI need a crew with a heart of goldI need a crew with a heart of gold

eat some eat some eat some eat some healthy grubhealthy grubhealthy grubhealthy grub

be a fit piratebe a fit piratebe a fit piratebe a fit pirate

keep away from keep away from keep away from keep away from smokesmokesmokesmoke

eat some eat some eat some eat some healthy grubhealthy grubhealthy grubhealthy grub

less fatless fatless fatless fat

saturated fat is the ‘bad’ fat for

your heart

less saltless saltless saltless salt

how much salt should you be eating a day?

packet of crisps slice of bread bowl of cornflakes

tablespoon of tomato sauce

one cheese slice

half a tin of baked beans

0.5g 0.4g 0.9g

0.1g 0.5g 1.7g

less sugarless sugarless sugarless sugar

more fruit more fruit more fruit more fruit and vegand vegand vegand veg

eat more oily fisheat more oily fisheat more oily fisheat more oily fish

eating oily fish at least twice a week can help keep your heart and arteries healthy

be a fit piratebe a fit piratebe a fit piratebe a fit pirateYour heart is a muscle

What activities make your heart beat faster?

exerciseexerciseexerciseexercise

sailssailssailssails

stairsstairsstairsstairs

decksdecksdecksdecks plankplankplankplank

swimswimswimswim rope ladderrope ladderrope ladderrope ladder

ratsratsratsrats mastmastmastmast ladderladderladderladder

boatboatboatboat islandislandislandisland coconut treecoconut treecoconut treecoconut tree

treasuretreasuretreasuretreasure rowrowrowrow ladderladderladderladder

keep awaykeep awaykeep awaykeep away

from smokefrom smokefrom smokefrom smoke

are we fit pirates?

is our ship going to

sink …

or sail?

be fitbe fitbe fitbe fit

eat healthilyeat healthilyeat healthilyeat healthily

dondondondon’’’’t smoket smoket smoket smoke

or sail?

treasure your hearttreasure your hearttreasure your hearttreasure your heart