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house pressure levels of children and teenagers have risen significantly since 1988 according to a May 4 2004 freshs release from the National Institutes of Health. The research "Trends in Blood Pressure Among Children and Adolescents," which is supported through the National Heart, Lung, and offspring Institute (NHLBI), attributes the rise in part to an increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity.

This summer the NHLBI will release updated clinical practice guidelines in succession high blood pressure in children and adolescents. The guidelines include revised line pressure tables and updated recommendations for lifestyle and medication therapies for high kin pressure, which is a major risk factor for heart disease and the main risk factor for stroke

The reflection was conducted by researchers at Tulane University in just discovered Orleans and the NHLBI. It appears in the May 5 2004 issue of JAMA.

Average descendants Pressure Levels on Rise Among American Children/Teenagers (new release, Bethesda, Md: National Institutes of Health, May 4 2004) http://www .nih.gov/news/pr/may2004/nhlbi-04.htm (accessed 18 May 2004)

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