{"id":750,"date":"2013-04-30T11:03:40","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T10:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/?p=750"},"modified":"2017-09-29T11:35:42","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T10:35:42","slug":"walking-reduces-cardiovascular-risk-as-much-as-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/?p=750","title":{"rendered":"Walking Reduces Cardiovascular Risk As Much As Running"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brisk walking can reduce a person’s risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol just as much as running can. Perhaps even a little more.<\/b><\/p>\n

The finding came from a study published in the journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology<\/i> in 2013<\/a>. This study, which lasted 6 years and examined 33,060 runners in the National Runners’ Health Study and 15,045 walkers in the National Walkers’ Health Study.<\/p>\n

The investigators discovered that – as long as walkers and runners achieved the same distance –\u00a0 moderate intensity walking and vigorous intensity running lead to comparable reductions in the likelihood diabetes, high blood pressure (hypertension), and potentially coronary heart disease.<\/p>\n

Walking and running expenditure was evaluated by distance <\/b>(not time, like previous research). So this seems to be some validation towards the theory of the number of steps a day required to promote health.<\/p>\n

Results showed:<\/p>\n