Elevated blood pressure or prehypertension is highly associated with increased risk of developing hypertension, cardiovascular event, and type II diabetes. Many physically inactive young adults, particularly in Malaysia have blood pressure higher than normal range, therefore it is important to control the blood pressure within normal range as prophylactic measure. This experimental research will be carried out to study the effect of physical training (aerobic exercise) and mental training (mindfulness meditation) with diet as a control group on the systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and resting heart rate among young adult with elevated blood pressure living a sedentary lifestyle. Participant will be divided into 2 experimental groups (mental and physical training) and 1 control group (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension -DASH diet plan) who need to complete the prescribed intervention for 6 weeks. Results will be analysed by repeated measures ANOVA followed by post-hic test.
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Change from Baseline Systolic Blood Pressure at 6 weeks.
Timeframe: At baseline over a period of 6 weeks.
Change from Baseline Diastolic Blood Pressure at 6 weeks.
Timeframe: At baseline over a period of 6 weeks.
Change from Baseline Mean Arterial Pressure at 6 weeks.
Timeframe: At baseline over a period of 6 weeks.
Change from Baseline Resting Heart Rate at 6 weeks.
Timeframe: At baseline over a period of 6 weeks.
Change from Baseline Pulse Pressure at 6 weeks.
Timeframe: At baseline over a period of 6 weeks.