High blood pressure among young people on the rise

A vast study published in The Lancet reveals that hypertension in children and adolescents doubled between 2000 and 2020, affecting 6% of young people, or 114 million people. Obesity is the main factor, but 9% of these young people suffer from masked hypertension, often undetected. The authors of the errrude call for increased screening, prevention and harmonization of diagnostic criteria worldwide.