{"id":14015,"date":"2018-10-02T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=14015"},"modified":"2018-10-01T21:18:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T02:18:07","slug":"children-with-food-insecurity-at-risk-for-high-blood-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2018\/10\/02\/children-with-food-insecurity-at-risk-for-high-blood-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"Children with Food Insecurity at risk for High Blood Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"

American Heart Association Meeting Report<\/h2>\n

\"AmericanChicago, IL<\/strong> – Kids with food insecurity, meaning they lack good access to nutritional foods, were more likely to have high blood pressure <\/a>than kids with secure access to food, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association\u2019s Joint Hypertension 2018 Scientific Sessions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHigh blood pressure \u2014 even in childhood \u2014 matters,\u201d said study author Andrew Michael South, M.D., assistant professor of pediatric nephrology at Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

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Blood pressure cuff on a child. (American Heart Association)<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cAs a kid, if you have high blood pressure, you\u2019re at much higher risk of having high blood pressure as an adult \u2014 as young as in your 20\u2019s or early 30\u2019s. And hypertension sets the stage for other bad health problems because it impacts the heart and kidneys,\u201d South stated.<\/p>\n

In adults, it\u2019s well established that food insecurity is tied to socioeconomic status and has many health consequences, but in children it\u2019s less defined, South said.<\/p>\n

South and colleagues studied available information on food insecurity and blood pressure from 2007 to 2014 in 7,215 children, ages 8 to 17 years, in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. They identified children 13 years and older with high blood pressure if they had a systolic reading of 120 mmHg or higher or diastolic blood pressure of 80 mmHg or higher.<\/p>\n

For children younger than 13, high blood pressure was defined as systolic or diastolic blood pressure at or above the 90th<\/sup> percentile of what is normal for a child\u2019s age, sex and height, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics\u2019 hypertension guideline<\/a> released last year.<\/p>\n

The researchers found:<\/strong><\/p>\n