Relationship of Visceral Obesity and BMI with Blood Pressure - Aduroja, Posi;Akinboye, Dora
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Researches have found out that the risk of cardiovascular diseases does not depend on body weight but rather on the location of the excess weight. This indicated that abdominal obesity (visceral obesity) is the form of obesity which is expected to be associated with cardiovascular diseases. This study revealed that visceral obesity was more significantly associated with high blood pressure than Body Mass Index. This indicated that visceral obesity was a more accurate predisposing risk factor than BMI, in predicting susceptibility to hypertension. The findings of this study will improve health promotion, while creating awareness about visceral obesity.…mehr

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Researches have found out that the risk of cardiovascular diseases does not depend on body weight but rather on the location of the excess weight. This indicated that abdominal obesity (visceral obesity) is the form of obesity which is expected to be associated with cardiovascular diseases. This study revealed that visceral obesity was more significantly associated with high blood pressure than Body Mass Index. This indicated that visceral obesity was a more accurate predisposing risk factor than BMI, in predicting susceptibility to hypertension. The findings of this study will improve health promotion, while creating awareness about visceral obesity.
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Aduroja Posi Emmanuel obtained his Master of Public Health degree in Health Promotion and Education at Babcock University, Nigeria. He is a specialist in health promotion, developing interventions aimed improving quality of life of individuals living with chronic disease. He is currently an independent researcher and analyst.