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Obesity and hypertension
Author(s) -
Nestel Paul J.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1983.tb122746.x
Subject(s) - overweight , obesity , medicine , epidemiology , weight loss
This paper reviews briefly three aspects of the link between overweight and hypertension. These aspects are the strength of the epidemiological association; supporting evidence from trials of weight reduction; and possible mechanisms through which overweight may cause hypertension.