Weight change, ideal weight and hypertension
- 1 May 1999
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension
- Vol. 8 (3), 343-346
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00041552-199905000-00011
Abstract
A growing body of evidence supports the fact that body weight is related to blood pressure. The risk of hypertension increases with increasing body mass index and weight gain; and weight loss reduces blood pressure. Birthweight may also be linked to adult blood pressure, possibly as a result of its relationship with later obesity.Keywords
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