The review concluded that on average runners live three years longer than non-runners and that running does more to extend life than any other form of exercise.

All too often such policies are an insincere form of virtue signaling that benefits only the most privileged and does little to help average people.

Studies show that young people with higher-than-average blood pressure and their families have a history of high blood pressure are more likely than others to develop a severe form of the condition.