If you do just one thing to improve your health this year, it could be to gain control over your blood pressure. Cases of high blood pressure, or hypertension—a silent, but dangerous condition—have skyrocketed over the past decade. It’s estimated that almost half of all adults—some 116 million people—in the United States have hypertension. If you eat a lot of processed foods, are overweight or obese, are chronically stressed, or have a family history of high blood pressure, you are considered at risk for the condition.
Answering common questions about high blood pressure
