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High Blood Pressure and Obesity

Many clinical studies have repeatedly shown that obesity is a major factor in high blood pressure. Try to maintain a healthy body weight and take exercise regularly - even if it's just a good walk! A healthy body weight and exercising are both very important in controlling blood pressure. If you are overweight, just a small weight loss can significantly improve high blood pressure.

Regular exercise (with a physician's approval) is important in helping you lose weight and maintain weight loss. This helps keep blood pressure down.

Keeping a healthy body weight doesn't have to mean visiting a gym and being on a permanent diet. In fact being on the wrong type of diet can be a bad thing in the long term.

Try to find a sensible balance by eating a variety of different healthy foods and taking small amounts of exercise everyday. If you are obese, then start with a short easy exercise and very gradually it build up. a 10 minute walk, a 15 minute walk, a 30 minute fast walk, etc.

Try to find a type of exercise that you like (or at least don't hate), the most important thing is to STICK to it. It's a lifestyle change, not something you do for a few weeks then give up.

You might not care about how you look, but you should care about your blood pressure. So if you are overweight, do yourself a favor and see your doctor to have your blood pressure checked.

To check if you're obese please visit these pages.
www.cdc.gov/obesity/defining - defines obesity.
www.cdc.gov/english_bmi_calculator - this pages lets you calculate your Body Mass Index

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