If you spend more of your off-hours playing team sports or taking neighborhood walks than sitting on the couch, you could be doing your blood pressure a favor.
People who engage in physical activity during their leisure time are less likely to experience high blood pressure than those who exercise infrequently, according to a new study in the journal Hypertension.
The study, conducted by researchers at the Shandong University School of Public Health in China, looked at data from 13 past studies that included 136,846 people in the U.S., Europe and East Asia. After following up two to 45 years later (depending on the study), more than 15,600 developed high blood pressure.
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