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You can also read how high your heart rate can go during exercise, what is normal for a child and which signs mean you should call your GP. This matters, because a number on your watch, or a heart that pounds while you are sitting on the sofa, can quickly make you worried and is hard to judge. The same number of beats can be normal for one person and unusual for another.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/heart-self-test\/\">The BioProfile heart and blood vessel scan<\/a> gives you an indication of where you stand in this area today. The scan is not a diagnosis. It gives you insight into where you stand today, to help you make better choices in your diet and lifestyle. The scan does not tell you what is causing a fast heart rate, or whether you have a heart rhythm disorder. Only a doctor can tell you that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-verify bp-blog-verify--top is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"290\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/rt-portret-carlos-mendoza-montano.webp\" alt=\"Portrait of Carlos Mendoza Montano\" class=\"wp-image-5959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/rt-portret-carlos-mendoza-montano.webp 290w, https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/rt-portret-carlos-mendoza-montano-240x300.webp 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-verify-name wp-block-paragraph\">Verified by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/carlos-mendoza-montano-37615639\/\">Carlos Mendoza Montano<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-verify-cred wp-block-paragraph\">Doctorate in nutritional biochemistry from the University of Arizona<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-verify-date wp-block-paragraph\">Reviewed on 29 October 2026<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-takeaways is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In short<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li>When you are sitting quietly, your heart normally beats 60 to 90 times a minute, according to Thuisarts, the public website of Dutch GPs.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n<li>In 46 studies with more than 1.2 million people, those whose heart beat more than 80 times a minute at rest had a clearly higher risk of dying in the years that followed than people with the lowest resting heart rate.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Your maximum heart rate during exercise falls with age. The well-known rule of 220 minus your age underestimates that maximum for older adults.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">3<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n<li>The heart and vascular scan gives you insight into where you stand today. The scan is not a diagnosis. Palpitations together with chest pain, difficulty breathing or a feeling that you might faint are a reason to call your GP straight away.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-toc is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-toclabel wp-block-paragraph\">Contents<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><a href=\"#hoe-hoog-kan-je-hartslag-in-rust-zijn\">How high can your resting heart rate be?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#wat-een-hogere-hartslag-in-rust-over-de-jaren-betekent\">What a higher resting heart rate means over the years<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#hoe-hoog-kan-je-hartslag-gaan-bij-inspanning\">How high can your heart rate go during exercise?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#wat-is-een-normale-hartslag-voor-een-kind\">What is a normal heart rate for a child?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#als-een-snelle-hartslag-uit-het-hartritme-voortkomt\">When a fast heart rate comes from your heart rhythm<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#wanneer-bel-je-de-huisarts\">When should you call your GP?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#wat-de-scan-je-wel-en-niet-kan-vertellen\">What the scan can and cannot tell you<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#samengevat\">In summary<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#veelgestelde-vragen\">Frequently asked questions<\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hoe-hoog-kan-je-hartslag-in-rust-zijn\">How high can your resting heart rate be?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thuisarts, the public website of Dutch GPs, says the heart normally beats between 60 and 90 times a minute when you are sitting quietly.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People differ a great deal. A study in the United States followed 92,457 adults who wore a wrist heart rate monitor for at least 35 weeks. Their average daily resting heart rate was 65 beats per minute. The participants&#8217; own averages ranged from 40 to 109 beats per minute. What is normal for one person can differ by up to 70 beats per minute from what is normal for someone else. For most participants, heart rate stayed fairly stable in the short term: it was lowest in July and highest in January, and one in five people had at least one week in which it changed by 10 beats or more.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What this means for you: the researchers think measurements taken over a longer period may tell you more than a single measurement, but the study did not show when a change is a reason to see a doctor.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Age plays a part too. The Dutch LifeLines study recorded heart tracings (ECGs) from 152,180 residents aged 18 to 93. Among participants without risk factors for the heart and blood vessels, the typical heart rate was highest in the youngest and the oldest.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">5<\/a><\/sup> So a somewhat faster heart rate is common at both ends of adult life. You can read more about what counts as normal on <a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/normal-heart-rate\/\">our page on a normal heart rate<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wat-een-hogere-hartslag-in-rust-over-de-jaren-betekent\">What a higher resting heart rate means over the years<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One analysis brought together 46 long-term studies in the general population. More than 1.2 million people were included for death from any cause, and almost 850,000 for death from heart and blood vessel disease. The higher the resting heart rate, the higher the risk of dying in the years that people were followed, and the risk rose slightly with every 10 extra beats per minute. People with a resting heart rate above 80 had a clearly higher risk than people in the lowest group, both of death from any cause and of death from heart and blood vessel disease. The researchers add that the studies differed widely from one another, and that some results may never have been published.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What this means for you: Thuisarts calls 60 to 90 normal when you are sitting quietly,\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup> but people in the group with a resting heart rate above 80 had, on average, a somewhat higher risk over many years. This is a pattern in large groups of people. The pattern says nothing about what your own heart rate means, and judging that is a job for a doctor.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup> To read what a lot of sitting still does to the rest of your body, see <a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/effects-of-too-little-movement-what-it-does-to-your-body\/\">what too little movement does to your body<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hoe-hoog-kan-je-hartslag-gaan-bij-inspanning\">How high can your heart rate go during exercise?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During exercise, your heart rate can rise far above its resting values, and how far depends mainly on your age. One study brought together 351 earlier studies with 18,712 people and then tested the result in a lab test with 514 healthy adults. According to that study, the maximum heart rate of a healthy adult is about 208 minus 0.7 times their age. The rule was the same for men and women, and did not depend on how much people usually moved. The well-known rule of 220 minus your age underestimated the maximum for older adults.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">3<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In practice: for someone aged 60, the newer rule gives about 166 beats per minute, while 220 minus age gives 160. Both are estimates based on age alone.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">3<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wat-is-een-normale-hartslag-voor-een-kind\">What is a normal heart rate for a child?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Children&#8217;s hearts beat faster than adults&#8217; hearts. One review of 69 studies covered 143,346 healthy children from birth to 18 years. The typical heart rate was 127 beats per minute at birth, rose to 145 at the age of about one month and fell to 113 by the age of two. The review also found that published normal values for children often did not match these figures.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">6<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So a heart rate that would be fast for an adult can be normal for a baby or a toddler. Compare a child&#8217;s heart rate with the figures for that age, not with the values for an adult.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">6<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"als-een-snelle-hartslag-uit-het-hartritme-voortkomt\">When a fast heart rate comes from your heart rhythm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A fast resting heart rate can also come from a problem with the heart&#8217;s rhythm. Atrial fibrillation is a rhythm disorder that has been counted in Dutch studies. In LifeLines, atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter showed up on the ECGs of 0.9 per cent of adults. Extra beats from the atria showed up in 1.4 per cent, and extra beats from the ventricles in 2.1 per cent.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">5<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Atrial fibrillation becomes more common with age. In the Rotterdam Study among residents aged 55 and over, 5.5 per cent had atrial fibrillation: 0.7 per cent of people aged 55 to 59 and 17.8 per cent of people aged 85 and over. Men had it more often than women, and at 55 the chance of developing it at some point in life was nearly one in four for both.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">7<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What this means for you: heart rhythm disorders are common, especially over the age of 55. Heart rhythm disorders can show up on an ECG.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">5<\/a><\/sup> Whether your rhythm is irregular is something a doctor checks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wanneer-bel-je-de-huisarts\">When should you call your GP?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Call your GP or the out-of-hours GP service straight away if you have palpitations together with one or more of these signs:\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li>pain or pressure in or on your chest that does not go away after a few minutes<\/li>\n\n\n<li>confusion, difficulty speaking, reduced vision or a drooping mouth<\/li>\n\n\n<li>a restless feeling with nausea, sweating and a pale face<\/li>\n\n\n<li>difficulty breathing<\/li>\n\n\n<li>the feeling that you are going to faint<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also call straight away if your heart suddenly beats differently from normal and this does not settle after you have sat quietly for a while.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup> You can read which heart symptoms women may notice in <a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/heart-complaints-women-symptoms\/\">heart symptoms in women<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wat-de-scan-je-wel-en-niet-kan-vertellen\">What the scan can and cannot tell you<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The heart and vascular scan gives you a picture of where you stand today. Your score is a starting value that you can later set beside a new score. The scan does not tell you why a heart beats fast, nor whether the rhythm is irregular. For that, you need a doctor and an ECG.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">5<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"samengevat\">In summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you are sitting quietly, a heart rate of 60 to 90 beats per minute is normal.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup> Your own usual number generally says more than how you compare with someone else.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup> Over the years, a resting heart rate above 80 goes, on average, with a clearly higher risk.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup> Your maximum during exercise falls as you get older.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">3<\/a><\/sup> Children have a faster heart than adults.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">6<\/a><\/sup> Heart rhythm disorders become more common with age.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">7<\/a><\/sup> Palpitations with chest pain, difficulty breathing or a feeling that you might faint are a reason to call your GP straight away.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-cta is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Measure where you start<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take the heart and vascular scan and your score appears in your dashboard. You can find what the scan measures and what it is based on on the scan page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/heart-self-test\/\">Start the heart and vascular scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-ctamicro wp-block-paragraph\">Free, about 3 minutes. An analysis of your answers, never a diagnosis. <a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/free-health-check-tests\/\">All health scans<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--wash is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"veelgestelde-vragen\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the highest your heart rate should go?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During exercise, the maximum is about 208 minus 0.7 times your age. That works out at about 180 beats per minute at 40 and about 166 at 60. The older rule of 220 minus your age gives too low a value for older adults.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">3<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is a resting heart rate of 300 too fast?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes. That is more than three times the upper limit of the 60 to 90 beats per minute that Thuisarts calls normal when you are sitting quietly.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup> It is also higher than the expected maximum during exercise for an adult of any age.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">3<\/a><\/sup> If your heart suddenly beats differently from normal and this does not settle after you have sat quietly for a while, call your GP or the out-of-hours GP service straight away.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How high can your resting heart rate be?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you are sitting quietly, 60 to 90 beats per minute is normal.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup> In large studies, a resting heart rate above 80 went with a clearly higher risk of dying in later years than the lowest resting heart rate. On average, the lower end of the normal range is the more favourable end.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a normal heart rate for a child?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That depends on the child&#8217;s age. A typical heart rate is 127 beats per minute at birth, about 145 for a one-month-old baby and 113 for a two-year-old child. All of these are faster than in an adult.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">6<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--beige bp-blog-sec--tight is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bronnen\">Sources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-srclead wp-block-paragraph\">Every source below was checked on the day this article was published. The numbering follows the text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list bp-blog-refs\">\n\n<li>Thuisarts.nl (NHG). Ik heb hartkloppingen. Thuisarts.nl, accessed 2026-10-13. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thuisarts.nl\/hartkloppingen\/ik-heb-hartkloppingen\">thuisarts.nl<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Zhang D, Shen X, Qi X. Resting heart rate and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in the general population: a meta-analysis. CMAJ, 2016. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1503\/cmaj.150535\">doi.org\/10.1503\/cmaj.150535<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Tanaka H, Monahan KD, Seals DR. Age-predicted maximal heart rate revisited. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2001. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S0735-1097(00)01054-8\">doi.org\/10.1016\/S0735-1097(00)01054-8<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Quer G, Gouda P, Galarnyk M, Topol EJ, Steinhubl SR. Inter- and intraindividual variability in daily resting heart rate and its associations with age, sex, sleep, BMI, and time of year: Retrospective, longitudinal cohort study of 92,457 adults. PLoS One, 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0227709\">doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0227709<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>van der Ende MY, Siland JE, Snieder H, van der Harst P, Rienstra M. Population-based values and abnormalities of the electrocardiogram in the general Dutch population: The LifeLines Cohort Study. Clinical Cardiology, 2017. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/clc.22737\">doi.org\/10.1002\/clc.22737<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Fleming S, Thompson M, Stevens R, Heneghan C, Pl\u00fcddemann A, Maconochie I, Tarassenko L, Mant D. Normal ranges of heart rate and respiratory rate in children from birth to 18 years of age: a systematic review of observational studies. Lancet, 2011. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S0140-6736(10)62226-X\">doi.org\/10.1016\/S0140-6736(10)62226-X<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Heeringa J, van der Kuip DA, Hofman A, Kors JA, van Herpen G, Stricker BH, Stijnen T, Lip GY, Witteman JC. Prevalence, incidence and lifetime risk of atrial fibrillation: the Rotterdam study. European Heart Journal, 2006. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/eurheartj\/ehi825\">doi.org\/10.1093\/eurheartj\/ehi825<\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--tight is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Also read<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-related is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/heart-rate-and-fitness-talking-therapy-heart-rhythm\/\">Heart rate and fitness: can talking therapy change your heart rhythm?<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/healthy-blood-pressure-american-heart-association-advisory\/\">Healthy blood pressure: why so few people reach it, and the new chart from the American Heart Association<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/low-heart-rate-symptoms\/\">Low heart rate symptoms: when a slow heartbeat is normal, what it can point to and when to see a doctor<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/palpitations-after-eating\/\">Heart palpitations after eating: what a meal asks of your heart in the first half hour<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/effects-of-too-little-movement-what-it-does-to-your-body\/\">The effects of moving too little: what it does in your body, what the large studies show and what a heart and blood vessel scan measures<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/heart-complaints-women-symptoms\/\">Heart complaints in women: which symptoms the studies count, and when to contact a doctor<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/normal-heart-rate\/\">Normal heart rate: the guidelines, and where the figures come from<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--tight is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Written by<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-author is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/author-jesse-round-320.jpg\" alt=\"Jesse van der Velde\" class=\"wp-image-4815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/author-jesse-round-320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/author-jesse-round-320-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/author-jesse-round-320-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-authorid is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-authorrole wp-block-paragraph\">Founder of BioProfile<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-authorname wp-block-paragraph\">Jesse van der Velde<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-authorbody is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-authorbio wp-block-paragraph\">Jesse van der Velde has been guiding people to a new body and optimal health since 2006, and has written or co-written fifteen books on nutrition and health. Forever Young (2012) and Superfood Recipes (2013) both reached number 1 in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-authormeta is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-authorbio wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nl.linkedin.com\/in\/jessevdv\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-dates wp-block-paragraph\">Published on 11 November 2026 \u00b7 Last updated on 11 November 2026<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--foot is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-legal wp-block-paragraph\">BioProfile analyses your health status to guide you and your coach. It does not make a diagnosis, only a doctor can do that. Built on validated health questionnaires; the combined BioProfile score is not itself a validated clinical instrument yet. 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