Wednesday 4 March 2015

Obesity Linked With High Blood Pressure in Teenagers

A new study has found link between adolescent obesity and high blood pressure. The Oxford University study has found that body mass index (BMI) in healthy adolescents has a statistically significant association with both systolic blood pressures (SBP) and diastolic blood pressures (DBP) and highlights the significance of the global trend of rapidly increasing adolescent obesity. The study, led by Yaron Arbel, examined 715,000 Israeli adolescents, both ...

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