Heart Disease Risk Factor

Lifestyle changes significantly lower blood pressure and heart disease risk

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, June 9th, 2003

by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Patients with hypertension can lower their blood pressure by strategies involving multiple lifestyle modifications, according to the results of the PREMIER clinical trial published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

"Weight loss, sodium reduction, increased physical activity, and limited alcohol intake are established recommendations that reduce blood pressure," stated Lawrence J. Appel at Johns Hopkins University and fellow members of the Writing Group of the PREMIER Collaborative Research Group. "The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet also lowers BP. To date, no trial has...

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