Heart Smart for Black Women and Latinas: A 5-Week Program for Living a Heart-Healthy Lifestyle (Book) Author: Jennifer H. Mieres, MD; Terri Ann Parnell, RN Heart Smart for Black Women and Latinas is a book that focuses on the heart health of women of colour and provides an action plan to overcome the unique cultural and genetic challenges they face in staying heart healthy. It offers information on diet, exercise and eliminating stress, and highlights the importance of community, culture and lifestyle. The complete five-week program includes: • Ways to eat a heart-healthy diet by learning what to eat and how much as well as how to modify traditional recipes so they still taste the same • An exercise program that uses walking to benefit health and well-being, with suggestions for where to walk if the neighborhood is unsafe, and ways to get the whole family involved • Information on how women can work with their doctor to get the most out of their health Appendices include: resources for heart-smart recipes; health-care facts; common heart medications, treatments and tests; questions and answers about heart disease; women's heart centres; glossary; and suggested reading. An index is also included. Jennifer H. Mieres is a cardiologist at NYU School of Medicine. Terri Ann Parnell is a cardiovascular nurse. Purpose:  Consumer information/support; Health information Geographic Origin:  United States Language of Resource:  English Groups:  Black/African/Caribbean women Publisher:  New York: St. Martin's Press Date Published:  2008 Last Reviewed by Women's Health Matters:  October 24, 2008