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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Body Mass Index


Strong link between adolescent obesity, high blood pressure

Posted: 03 Mar 2015 08:20 AM PST

Body mass index in healthy adolescents has a statistically significant association with both systolic blood pressures and diastolic blood pressures, research shows, and it highlights the significance of the global trend of rapidly increasing adolescent obesity, experts say.

Youth obesity linked with high BP

Posted: 03 Mar 2015 12:12 AM PST

London, March 3 (IANS) As the number of overweight adolescents go up, so does the number of youth with high blood pressure, a study shows. Body mass index (BMI) in adolescents has a statistically significant association with both systolic blood pressures (SBP) and diastolic blood pressures (DBP), the findings showed. "An important finding in our analysis is that BMI was positively associated ...

Study Shows Strong Link Between Adolescent Obesity and High Blood Pressure

Posted: 02 Mar 2015 09:19 PM PST

A recent study published in the American Journal of Hypertension 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. (PRWeb March 02, 2015) Read the full story at http://www ...

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