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Canadian Blood Pressure Study of Obese Children Yields Unexpected Results

Posted by Kenny Andersen on Wed, Jul 28, 2010
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Childhood ObesityA recent Canadian blood pressure study discovered that high blood pressure does not directly correlate with the rising obesity rate in pediatric patient populations.  Contrary to expected research outcomes, while most pediatric patients (ages 6-19) with high blood pressure were obese, not all overweight adolescents (a mere 3%) suffer from high blood pressure.

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