Body weight and blood pressure

Abstract

Overweight is an increasingly prevalent condition throughout the world. Recent, probably conservative, estimates indicate that at least 500,000,000 people worldwide are overweight as de ned by a body mass index (BMI) between 25.0 and 29.9 kg/m2, and an additional 250,000,000 are obese with a BMI of 30.0 kg/m2 or higher [1]. In the United States, current indications are that as much as 66% of the adult population is overweight or obese [2,3].