Posted On Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 10:46:44 AM India is
sprinting in the opposite direction from the rest of the world
when it comes to incidence of high blood pressure. The World
Health Organisation says, globally, the average BP went down by
2.7mm mercury among women, while increasing by 2.4mm mercury in
India. In men, it has decreased by 2.3 mm mercury globally in
the past three decades, but in India it’s gone up by 2.2 mm
mercury. Blood pressure refers to the pressure exerted by
circulating blood on the walls of blood vessels, and is one of
the principal vital signs. Hypertension (high blood pressure)
puts stress on the heart and blood vessels and is one of the
major preventable risk factors for premature death from
cardiovascular disease worldwide. It kills 7.5 million people
worldwide each year — more than AIDS, road accidents, diabetes
and tuberculosis together. But a recent Finnish study found that
the right diet and lifestyle choices could cut your chances of
developing high blood pressure by up