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Football Scores a Health Hat Trick for Hypertensive Men

By Guest PostOctober 15, 2012Healthblood pressure, body fat, british men, cardiovascular disease, control group, copenhagen, coronary artery, cycling, denmark, disease, exercise capacity, exeter, fat burning, fifa, gentofte university, gps, heart rate, high, hospital, hypertension, maximal, men, middle aged, mmhg, moderate hypertension, oxygen uptake, peter krustrup, peter riis hansen, physical exercise, playing football, risk, soccer, stroke, university

Playing football (soccer) could be the best way for people with high blood pressure, known as hypertension, to improve their fitness, normalise their blood pressure and reduce their risk of stroke, according to research published today (Monday 15 October 2012) in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.

Research from Universities of Exeter and Copenhagen, and Gentofte University Hospital in Denmark suggests football training prevents cardiovascular disease in middle-aged men with hypertension and is more effective than healthy lifestyle advice currently prescribed by GPs.

After six months of football training, three out of four men in this study had blood pressure within the normal, healthy range. (more…)

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Football Scores a Health Hat Trick for Hypertensive Men

Too Much TV, Video and Computer Can Make Teens Fatter