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Long term physical exercise: protective against cardiovascular disease

Better to start exercising regularly at a pre-elderly age

07-Oct-2019

Key points from article :

Long term physical exercise lowers blood pressure and reduces the degree of arterial stiffening.

But short term exercise programs prescribed to sedentary elderly do not reduce arterial stiffness.

Long term physical exercise postpones adverse cardiovascular outcomes related to ageing.

Research by University of Basel in Switzerland, published in Frontiers in Physiology.

Topics mentioned on this page:
Sedentary Behaviour, Heart Disease