Children and adolescents who become or remain obese are more than three times as likely to develop hypertension in a 3-year follow-up period compared with those who maintain a normal weight, according to a retrospective cohort study of more than 100,000 children and adolescents.
"Clinicians should recognize the relationship between [body mass index (BMI)] and [blood pressure (BP)]," lead author Emily D. Parker, PhD, MPH, from HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research, HealthPartners, Minneapolis, Minnesota, told Medscape Medical News. "The risk of hypertension was most concerning for those who maintained or increased to obesity or severe obesity. However, even among obese and severe[ly] obese children and adolescents, modest reductions in BP were seen with shifts to a lower BMI category (for example, from obese to overweight)."
"Clinicians should recognize the relationship between [body mass index (BMI)] and [blood pressure (BP)]," lead author Emily D. Parker, PhD, MPH, from HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research, HealthPartners, Minneapolis, Minnesota, told Medscape Medical News. "The risk of hypertension was most concerning for those who maintained or increased to obesity or severe obesity. However, even among obese and severe[ly] obese children and adolescents, modest reductions in BP were seen with shifts to a lower BMI category (for example, from obese to overweight)."
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