The risk of suffering from the complications of hypertension is increased if you are overweight. Photo: AFP
Understand what high blood pressure is so that you can take steps to effectively control the condition.
According to Great Eastern Life’s Live Great portal, high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is a condition in which there is a higher than normal force (pressure) on the walls of the arteries (blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood) when blood flows through them each time the heart pumps.
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