Here is some recent info to present to docs as a way to get more referrals for
weight management.


Analysis of data from two national health studies has revealed that more
Americans than ever before have high blood pressure.

Researchers compared data from the third National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey (NHANES III), which took place between 1988 and 1994, with
that obtained from the first six years (1999–2004) of the current NHANES.
Results showed that the prevalence of high blood pressure, or hypertension, rose
from 24.4% in 1988-1994 to 28.9% in 1999-2004. The researchers add that,
depending on race and gender, between one and four fifths of the increase is
attributable to increasing body mass index.


Dr. Theodore A Kotchen, , Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the Medical
College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, writes: “From both population and patient
care perspectives, the analysis of Cutler et al provides added impetus for
preventing obesity and encouraging weight loss for the overweight as strategies
for hypertension prevention. This is particularly relevant because the
prevalence of childhood obesity has increased several-fold in the past
decade.”

Cutler JA, Sorlie PD, Wolz M, Thom T, Fields LE, Roccella EJ. Trends in
hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control rates in united
states adults between 1988–1994 and 1999–2004. Hypertension 2008;
doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.113357

Kotchen TA. Obesity-related hypertension? weighing the evidence (editorial).
Hypertension 2008;doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.120915

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