Toeing the theme of World Heart Day 2022 – ‘Cardiovascular Health for Everyone’, India is taking Heart2Heart Challenge for a healthy heart – a unique physical activity campaign to inculcate the healthy habit of checking whether one’s heart is healthy or not by climbing 4 floors (60 steps) because a study published in Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed) reveals so. The study further reveals that by climbing stairs one can check one’s heart health as failing to climb 4 floors (60 steps) in one-and-a-half minutes is a sign of optimal heart.
By taking the Heart2Heart Challenge for Healthy Heart, one needs to climb 4 floors i.e., 40 feet in a minute, and if 726 people take this challenge, then the height of Mount Everest (29028.9 feet) in a minute can be climbed. And the height of Mount Everest has been already climbed as over 700 people have taken this challenge.
Speaking on inculcating healthy habits for heart health and spreading awareness, Dr Rabin Chakraborty, Senior Consultant, Interventional Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist, Medica Superspecialty Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, said, “A McMaster University study found that stair climbing, whether done vigorously or moderately, boosts the cardiovascular system and muscles.”
