As a nurse, you are conducting a health promotion seminar for a group of adults. During the session, you discuss lifestyle choices that can significantly reduce the risk of developing chronic illnesses. You emphasize the importance of maintaining a healthy body weight, regular physical activity, and balanced nutrition. One of the participants, who has a family history of cardiovascular disease, asks how they can assess their own risk factors more effectively.
To help them, you explain that certain factors can be classified as either modifiable or non-modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease. In this context, you provide the following statement:
Using the information discussed in the seminar, a person with a body mass index (BMI) above ______ can be considered at elevated risk for cardiovascular disease.