History of cardiovascular or metabolic diseases

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Camilla is a chain smoking 75-year-old lawyer who has been warned by her doctor that if she doesn't exercise, her quality of life is likely going to start diminishing soon. She has never had an interest in working out, and she doesn't see why she needs to start now since she "feels fine" without it. Camilla is 60 inches tall and weighs 158 lbs. Her blood pressure is 132/75 mmHg, and her recent bloodwork shows that her total cholesterol level is 232 mg/dL, HDL is 62 mg/dL and her fasting glucose was 86 mg/dL. She does not have a family history of cardiovascular or metabolic diseases.

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