A new women's health program at a Hillsboro fitness facility addresses heart health. The 12-week course at Fusion Fitness is know as the SHAPE program: Stronger, Healthier, Active and Positive Everyday. Fusion Director Jessica Chappelear says the main issue the program addresses is women's heart health.

"One out of two women will suffer from heart disease and one out of four will die from it. So, I know there's a lot of information out there right now about breast cancer, but heart health is one of those things that is just overlooked. So what we've done is come up with a program. We're incorporating fitness, we're incorporating nutrition, we're incorporating stress management (and) we've got speakers. Some of the things that we've recently done in the program: Last week we did a cooking class of cooking healthy foods; the women loved it. We had a tremendous time. A lot of (women) will say, 'I know how to eat healthy, I know how to do this. I just can't, I don't know how to cook it, my husband won't eat it.' So we gave them some tips on how to cook healthy."

Chappelear says while the current program is full, it will be offered again in the fall. To find out more you can contact Fusion at 532-3908. Thomack 4/8/15