High Blood Pressure/High Cholesterol
- The prevalence of diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol decrease with increased levels of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness. (Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 2007)
- The significant reductions in the odds for hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and diabetes with increasing cardiorespiratory fitness were statistically significant. (Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 2008)
- A program of regular exercise and weight loss can be a first option for treating overweight individuals with moderately high blood pressure and may keep them from having to take antihypertensive drugs. (Hypertension, 2009)
