Researchers like me who study cardiovascular health have long known that exercise is one way to keep high blood pressure, a potentially debilitating condition, at bay. But studies confirming this protective effect mainly have focused on white patients.
Our research found the strongest evidence to date that moderate to vigorous regular exercise can help reduce the risk of hypertension in African Americans. Our finding is a clear wake-up call to many African Americans who perhaps have had doubts about the benefits of exercise in controlling blood pressure, or who have found adding it to their daily routines too onerous. Our study, recently published in the journal Hypertension, was funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), which are parts of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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source: BlackDoctor.org
