Gap Fill - Blood Pressure - Level 1

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Millions more people have blood pressure. The for high blood pressure used to start at 140 over 90. American changed these to 130 over 80. They said the disease should be treated . Blood pressure is your heart pushing blood around your . If this pushing is too , it stresses your and arteries. This can lead to heart attacks and . Normal blood pressure is 120 over 80, or .

Health can happen at 130 over 80. People can have this of blood pressure without medicine. The reading is a warning for you to your blood pressure, without . People with high blood pressure need to change their . They should lose , exercise more, eat food, avoid alcohol and , quit smoking, and avoid stress. Over 46 per cent of in the USA now have high blood pressure, up from 32 per cent.

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