What is the relationship between exercise and heart disease?

A recent study of the relationship between exercise, body mass index (BMI, a measure of obesity), caloric intake, and death from cardiovascular disease (CVD) shows calorie counting is actually not the way to go. Researchers followed close to 10,000 healthy people age 25-74 for 17 years. read more

Just about every human on the planet has some form of heart disease regardless of activity. Typically, regularly active people have less incidence of the typical signs of heart disease. i.e. high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, elevated blood sugar etc. read more

For people with heart disease, exercise can reduce the risk of: dying from heart disease; having a nonfatal heart attack; requiring procedures such as heart bypass surgery or angioplasty; And for people without heart disease, regular exercise can decrease the chance of developing it. read more

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in the U.S. Heart disease and cancer combined, account for almost 50% of all deaths each year and affects nearly 14 million Americans. [1] Over the past 40 years, numerous scientific reports have examined the relationships between fitness level, physical activity, and cardiovascular health. read more