Monitoring and management of hypertension with obesity in adolescents
Bonita Falkner Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA Abstract: Largely due to the childhood obesity epidemic, there has been an increase in the prevalence of hypertension in children and adolescents. Obesity associated hypertension is the most comm...
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| Language: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Integrated Blood Pressure Control |
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| Online Access: | https://www.dovepress.com/monitoring-and-management-of-hypertension-with-obesity-in-adolescents-peer-reviewed-article-IBPC |