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Baby's Weight Gain May Lead to Hypertension

Posted on September 04, 2008

A new study by University of Bristol has determined that babies who gain weight rapidly during their first few months after birth are more likely to develop high blood pressure as adults hypertension is often called the silent killer. The research appears in the latest Hypertension. More from Reuters:They found that those who gained weight more rapidly in the first five months after birth and again from about age 2 to 5 were more likely to have high systolic blood pressure. Immediate weight gain after birth also was linked to higher adult diastolic blood pressure, they found.Systolic bl...

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