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A Kaiser Permanente study of more than 800,000 young people between the ages of 3 and 17 showed that youth at the upper range of average weight had a 26% higher risk of developing hypertension than those closer to what is considered average weight. The study was published March 14, 2023, in JAMA Network Open.
A large-scale study found that the risk for developing hypertension within 5 years was higher even among children who were at the high end of normal weight, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.
/PRNewswire/ A Kaiser Permanente study of more than 800,000 young people between the ages of 3 and 17 showed that youth at the upper range of average weight.