Benefits of moving more
Being active can help everyone live a happier and healthier life. If you have a heart or circulatory condition, adding movement into your life can:
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Help you look after your heart health.
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Boost your energy and help you sleep.
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Improve any symptoms you have, to help you do more and move more.
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Reduce your blood pressure or cholesterol.
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British Heart Foundation
Our vision is a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases. We raise money to fund research to better understand, prevent and treat heart and circulatory diseases. And provide health information and support for people living with these conditions and their loved ones.