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High Blood Pressure Rates Double Among Children & Teens
- A global analysis in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health found hypertension rates nearly doubled from around 3.2% to over 6.2% among children and adolescents under 19 worldwide, affecting 114 million children.
- Experts cited poor diets and inactivity as key contributors, with nearly 19% of children and adolescents with obesity affected by hypertension due to insulin resistance and vascular changes.
- Measurement methods altered prevalence estimates, showing masked hypertension affects nearly 9.2%, white-coat hypertension 5.2%, sustained hypertension 6.7%, and in-office confirmation 4.3%.
- Study authors urged regular school and college screening to detect cases early and start treatment, while Prof Igor Rudan called for improved prevention to reduce future complications.
- In India and the WHO South‑East Asia Region, data gaps persist due to underutilized out-of-office monitoring, while a 17-year-old boy treated at Poona Hospital suffered a hypertensive crisis with a 200/120 mmHg reading and improved after losing 18 kg.
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The prevalence of arterial hypertension in children and adolescents under 19 years of age has almost doubled in 20 years.
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The number of young people with high blood pressure has almost doubled within 20 years. According to a study, 114 million people worldwide suffer from it. Young people with obesity are particularly at risk.
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For years, hypertension has been considered a problem of older people, although more and more young adults. Today that reality has changed: one in 20 children and...
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