Young adults who are physically active less likely to develop high blood pressure

Abstract

Welcome to Public Health Moment from the University of Minnesota. Young adults who are physically active are less likely to develop high blood pressure. That’s according to researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Lead researcher David Jacobs says that the results were from 15 years of research involving more than 4,000 people. <Clip: “Starting with people age 18 to 30…was diminished by about 15 percent.”> Although this was the first major study to look at physical activity and hypertension in young adults, the results, Jacobs says, are not surprising. <Clip: “The surprising thing is…maintaining that activity is a good thing.”> With another Public Health Moment, I’m John Finnegan.