High blood pressure and excess weight under control

Excess weight is a major risk factor for high blood pressure. This also applies to children and young adults. If you are predisposed to high blood pressure, it is therefore important to lose excess weight. Every kilogram lost makes a difference.

The relation between the two is as follows: In a body that carries excess weight, with every beat, the heart has to pump a greater amount of blood through the body than in a body that is slimmer. Blood pressure therefore rises.

Easing strain on the heart

Losing weight therefore reduces the amount of blood that needs to be pumped through the body per beat, thereby easing the strain on the heart and lowering blood pressure.

Both of these belong to the key factors of metabolic syndrome because diabetes and impaired lipometabolism often go hand-in-hand with high blood pressure and excess weight, at least in the long term.

Regular monitoring

It is therefore beneficial to reduce excess weight and also take action to reduce high blood pressure.

This includes regularly monitoring all vital signs using scales and blood pressure measuring devices and recording all measurement values. BodyTel offers a complete measurement and monitoring system consisting of the components WeightTel (scales) and PressureTel (blood pressure measuring device).