LIFESTYLE

HYPERTENSTIO
AND
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Dina Sakinah
M Khalil Abrar
 Hypertenstion
Lifestyle or behavioral factors critically determine
the level of blood pressure in individuals and the
prevalence of hypertension inpopulations.1 Multiple
and as yet largely unidentified genetic factors
influence individual susceptibility to different
aspects of diet and lifestyle
 BODY FAT
Excess body fat is the dominant factor
predisposing toblood pressure elevation in cross-
sectional and longi-tudinal population studies.
The effect is apparent frominfancy and
childhood2 through to the elderly, with
acontinuum of effect throughout the entire
distributionof body fat.3
 HOW TO MAKE
SURE YOUR
BLOOD PRESSURE
• sit quietly, rasting for at least 5 minutes first
• be sure to use the correct sized cuff
• sit with both feet resting on the ground and
the back supported. Your arm should be
supported and at the level of your heart.
 WHO IS AT RISK

• Elderly
• Unhealthy eaters
• People who are overwight or obese
• Those with a familly history
• Excessive consumers of alcohol
Healthy eating Avoid
Include • saturated and trans-fats
• fruits • sugar
• vegetables • sodium
• whole-grain , high fiber foods
• low-fat dairy products
• beans
• leans meats
• fish
 SUMMARY
A variety of lifestyle factors have been shown to di-rectly
influence blood pressure levels at both an indi-vidual and
population level. Of these, the most impor-tant are excess
body fat, alcohol consumption,physical activity, and a
variety of dietary constituentsincluding salt, potassium, and
a complex of fruits,vegetables, and saturated fat as well as
n3 fatty acids.
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