Nearly half of youth with obesity also have high BP

Almost half of the children and adolescents who were enrolled in a pediatric weight management program for obesity also had high BP, according to research published in The Journal of Clinical Hypertension.
“Because treatment of high BP in childhood could potentially reduce long-term cardiovascular risks, it is of particular importance to understand prevalence and risks for high BP among youth with obesity in the clinical setting to plan for their evaluation and management needs,” Helen Binns, MD, MPH, a director at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, and

Almost half of the children and adolescents who were enrolled in a pediatric weight management program for obesity also had high BP, according to research published in The Journal of Clinical Hypertension.
“Because treatment of high BP in childhood could potentially reduce long-term cardiovascular risks, it is of particular importance to understand prevalence and risks for high BP among youth with obesity in the clinical setting to plan for their evaluation and management needs,” Helen Binns, MD, MPH, a director at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, and