It is a paradox. Scientific studies have largely demonstrated the advantage of physical activity and the absence of overweight to protect oneself from cardiovascular diseases, even when one is under treatment for certain risk factors such as hypertension or cholesterol levels. Student.
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However, from the moment a person is prescribed medication to correct these risk factors, he would neglect his physical activity and gain weight. In any case, this is what a Finnish study conducted between 2000 and 2013 and published last week in the journal of the American Heart Association suggests.
To reach this conclusion, the researchers followed more than 40,000 civil servants, mostly women, with no cardiovascular disease known at the start of the investigation. These people answered two questionnaires four years apart, on their weight, level of physical activity, alcohol consumption and smoking. At the same time,
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