High Blood Pressure Trends in Children and Adolescents in National Surveys, 1963 to 2002

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Authors

Rebecca Din‐Dzietham · Morehouse School of Medicine

Marie-Vero Bielo · Morehouse School of Medicine

Falah Shamsa · Morehouse School of Medicine

Abstract

HBP and pre-HBP in children and adolescents are on the rise. These new findings have implications for the cardiovascular disease public health burden, particularly the risk of a new cardiovascular disease transition. They reinforce the urgent call for early prevention of obesity and HBP and illustrate racial/ethnic disparities in this age group.

Topics & Keywords

Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Birth, Development, and Health Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Circulation

Volume 116, Issue 13, pp. 1488-1496

DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.106.683243

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