A 35-year-old woman working in a corporate office in Gurugram had to sit for long hours on her laptop. She also had a ritual of watching a few episodes of her favourite series during her breaks and at night to relieve stress from an all-consuming routine. Several months later, she began experiencing continuous fatigue, shortness of breath and occasional chest tightness. She got a routine check-up done that revealed high cholesterol levels and early signs of heart strain, all linked to prolonged sedentary behaviour and a poor diet.

But once she did the calcium score test as suggested, a non-invasive CT scan that measures the amount of calcium deposits in the coronary arteries, she was surprised to know that she had calcified plaque deposits and a greater risk of a heart attack. That’s when

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