
For most healthy adults, the American Heart Association (AHA) recommends at least 150 minutes of moderate exercise, such as walking, or 75 minutes of vigorous activity (or a combination of both) every week as part of a heart-healthy lifestyle called My Life CheckTM- Life's Simple 7. A new study has revealed that a walking friendly neighborhood is good for your blood pressure.
The study findings suggested that people who moved from a neighborhood that required a vehicle to run errands to one that made walking-errands convenient were significantly less likely to have high blood pressure than people who moved from one low-walkability neighborhood to another low-walkability neighborhood.
Researchers found that people who moved to a walking-friendly neighborhood had a 54% lower risk of high blood pressure than people who left one walking-unfriendly neighborhood for another.
The research has been presented at the AHA's Scientific Sessions 2015.
Source: ANI