{"id":7507,"date":"2023-10-19T05:37:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T12:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=7507"},"modified":"2023-10-16T07:39:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T14:39:07","slug":"extra-3000-steps-per-day-can-lower-blood-pressure-for-older-sedentary-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2023\/10\/19\/extra-3000-steps-per-day-can-lower-blood-pressure-for-older-sedentary-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"Extra 3,000 steps per day can lower blood pressure for older, sedentary adults"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7507\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>By Regina Schaffer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Older adults with hypertension who did not meet weekly physical activity goals had significant drops in systolic and diastolic BP after&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/news\/cardiology\/20230731\/is-10000-steps-per-day-the-magic-number-a-cardiologist-weighs-in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">adding 3,000 steps per day<\/a>&nbsp;to their usual routines, data from a pilot study show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMerely 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,\u201d\u00a0<strong>Linda Pescatello, PhD,<\/strong>\u00a0distinguished professor of kinesiology at the University of Connecticut, told Healio. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/news\/cardiology\/20231003\/extra-3000-steps-per-day-can-lower-blood-pressure-for-older-sedentary-adults?utm_source=selligent&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=news\">Read the full article<\/a> in Healio. <\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7507\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading By Regina Schaffer Older adults with hypertension who did not meet weekly physical activity goals had significant drops in systolic and diastolic BP after&nbsp;adding 3,000 steps per day&nbsp;to their &hellip; 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