Heart specialists from Naruvi Hospital, Vellore, underlined the need for walking daily for a healthy heart during a webinar on ‘Bypass Surgery, What One Needs to Understand’ on Sunday.
According to a study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology in August 2023, an increase of 500 to 1,000 steps a day is associated with 15% reduction in risk of dying from cardiovascular disease (CVD).
“The simple exercise of walking 6,000 steps a day five times a week flattens the curve of any disease,” said Jacob Jose, Medical Superintendent and senior consultant cardiologist at Naruvi Hospital. He was one of the panellists at The Hindu Wellness webinar, along with Ray George, consultant cardiothoracic surgeon, and Vinayak Shukla, senior consultant.