Most people can take a walk after a meal, but they can't take a walk immediately after a meal. They should take a walk every once in a while. Walking immediately after a meal is not conducive to the digestion and absorption of food, but also increases the burden on the stomach. For people with good constitution and healthy gastrointestinal function, they can take a walk for half an hour after meals, which is conducive to promoting gastrointestinal peristalsis and promoting food digestion and metabolism. For people with poor gastrointestinal function, walking after meals is more likely to cause gastroptosis, which will increase the burden on the stomach. Such patients can use some massage techniques, such as clockwise massage of the gastrointestinal tract, which can promote intestinal peristalsis.
For the elderly, we suggest taking a rest for about half an hour after meals, and then going for a walk, because the gastrointestinal function of the elderly is relatively poor and the ability of the digestive system is reduced. If you take a walk immediately after a meal, it will affect the absorption of nutrients by the digestive system, and some symptoms of hypotension may appear.
For some patients with gastroptosis, it is recommended to take a rest for 30 minutes to 1 hour after meals, because most foods are piled up in the stomach just after meals, and walking immediately will aggravate gastroptosis.