By Regina Schaffer
Older adults with hypertension who did not meet weekly physical activity goals had significant drops in systolic and diastolic BP after adding 3,000 steps per day to their usual routines, data from a pilot study show.
“Merely increasing steps by 3,000 per day from a baseline of 4,000 to a total of 7,000 steps per day reduced systolic BP by 7 mm Hg and diastolic BP by 4 mm Hg among older adults with high BP,” Linda Pescatello, PhD, distinguished professor of kinesiology at the University of Connecticut, told Healio. Read the full article in Healio.