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Too many kids and teens have high blood pressure (hypertension) and other risk factors for heart disease and stroke

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Free to use Medical stethoscope with red paper heart on white surface | Karolina Grabowska

Free to use Medical stethoscope with red paper heart on white surface | Karolina Grabowska

Too many kids and teens have high blood pressure (hypertension) and other risk factors for heart disease and stroke. Using the updated 2017 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Clinical Practice Guideline, a CDC study shows that about 1 in 25 youth ages 12 to 19 have hypertension, and 1 in 10 has elevated blood pressure (previously called “prehypertension”). High blood pressure is more common in youth with obesity.

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