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Obesity Blamed for America's High Blood Pressure

Posted on October 14, 2008

A new study in the journal Hypertension reveals more Americans than EVER before have high blood pressure. Researchers from the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute blame the United States OBESITY epidemic for the increase; HealthDay News reports.What makes this even MORE scary is a previous report claims BOTH doctors and patients are missing the mark when it comes to high blood pressure-prevention. Doctors are failing to screen patients and patients aren t taking the appropriate measures to avoid it.Diet is a MAJOR determining factor for high blood pressure. Dr. Fuhrman faults A...

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