Blood Pressure Pressure

More of the same and nothing new to report. You know lose weight, eat better, exercise more, no smoking, no drinking... Of course they say it the same way and the answer is always we need healthier living habits but we think we are if we eat a salad once or twice a week. Having a fast food lifestyle is the only lifestyle we can have or afford. It's too difficult to eat healthy and well - until someone can suggest a better solution than more of the same this type of analysis goes in one ear and out the other.

In the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) while looking for the top story of the new drug to prevent second heart attacks we found this oldie: "To combat obesity, support from families, schools, community and religious organizations, government, insurers, food and beverage industries, health care providers, and the general public will be essential. Population-wide strategies — such as redesigning of roads and walkways to promote cycling and walking and the expansion of school health education and physical education programs — should be combined with individually targeted interventions to alter dietary intake and increase physical activity. Recent progress provides some cause for optimism: public awareness of the major contributors to childhood obesity and the health risks involved has increased,68 and support has grown for making a number of essential changes, some of which are beginning to be mandated in several states. It is paradoxical that despite the enormous advances in antihypertensive-drug therapy, the number of people with uncontrolled hypertension has continued to rise. The failure to adopt healthy lifestyles has been a critical factor in this increase and must be addressed urgently. To make the necessary changes on a broad basis will be difficult, but the benefits will be well worth the effort."

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