Children with obesity or severe obesity were significantly more likely to have high blood pressure than children with normal weight, based on new data from nearly 1000 children collected at youth ...

Doctors are highlighting the growing number of pre-adolescent children developing hypertension. Photo: Unsplash / Zhen H. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a persistent elevation in blood ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pediatric hypertension is often unrecognized. Children with high blood pressure were more likely to suffer ...

Children born to mothers with obesity, a form of diabetes that develops during pregnancy (gestational diabetes mellitus) or high blood pressure during pregnancy have higher blood pressure — both the ...

The rate of high blood pressure among kids and teens nearly doubled in two decades Rates rose from around 3% to more than 6% between 2000 and 2020 Many kids have masked hypertension and ...

New research from the American Heart Association (AHA) suggests that parents might want to keep a closer eye on their kids’ blood pressure. About one in seven (14%) of children and teens in the U.S.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala (WHNT) — Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, according to the CDC. Dr. Kanya Singhapakdi with Huntsville Hospital said having a healthy heart as an adult ...

A new global study found that high-blood pressure in children has nearly doubled in two decades. Dr. Paul Kantor, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Cardiology Chief, discuses what some of the risk ...

Obesity levels in the UK are set to rise substantially by 2050. (Getty Images) The number of children and teenagers with high blood pressure globally has nearly doubled in the last 20 years, experts ...

THURSDAY, Nov. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The rate of kids and teens with high blood pressure worldwide nearly doubled over the past two decades, according to a startling new report. In 2020, more ...