The link between obesity and hypertension.

How are obesity and hypertension linked? Obesity and hypertension are much like obesity and diabetes. So we know that the more weight one carries, the more likely one is to suffer from high blood pressure and hypertension. hypertension. And it's very interesting to find that even a modest degree of weight loss such as 5% of body weight will actually reduce one's systolic blood pressure by 10 millimeters of mercury. Obviously, hypertension is bad for you because it can lead to other problems such as ischemic heart disease, heart failure, strokes. So it's very important in the obese population to treat hypertension through weight loss.