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The national high blood pressure education program.
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This article is published in Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association.The article was published on 1974-04-01. It has received 1110 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Health education.read more
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Exercise evaluation of children with end-stage renal disease.
TL;DR: The benefits of testing in children with renal disorders include its ability to provide valuable information regarding the overall functional capacity of the patient, efficacy of pharmacological or surgical interventions, and outcome of rehabilitation programs.
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Association of blood pressure with body mass index and waist circumference in adolescents
TL;DR: Measurement of WC is suggested as a screening tool for childhood hypertension because it is easier to measure than blood pressure in terms of training and access to equipment, especially in low income settings.
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Association of Lipid Abnormalities With Measures and Severity of Adiposity and Insulin Resistance Among Overweight Children and Adolescents
TL;DR: Despite the high prevalence of dyslipidemia in overweight children and adolescents, severity of adiposity appears to be a poor predictor of lipid values except among adolescents.
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Defining hypertension in children
TL;DR: Hypertension in children is currently recognised as an important health issue and treatment includes weight loss and exercise.
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Pressão arterial de adolescentes de escolas particulares de Fortaleza-CE
Polyana Carina Viana da Silva,Márcio Flávio Moura de Araújo,Lívia Silva de Almeida,Hérica Cristina Alves de Vasconcelos,Roberto Wagner Júnior Freire de Freitas,Marta Maria Coelho Damasceno,Marcos Venícios de Oliveira Lopes +6 more
TL;DR: The blood pressure of adolescents in private schools in the city of Fortaleza-CE was found that 19.7% of young people had high blood pressure, influenced mainly by gender and BMI.