Higher incidence of obesity and high blood pressure in new adult generations

woensdag 13 april 2016 16:00

Younger generations are more at risk of developing health problems due to obesity and high blood pressure than previous generations. These risk factors are becoming more common and are developing at a younger age. At the end of the 1980s, 7-8 percent of people in their 40s had obesity and this had increased to 11-15 percent 16 years later. More than 80 percent of all cardiovascular diseases in men and women aged 20-60 were attributable to unfavorable levels of blood pressure,cholesterol, weight and smoking. This is a conclusion of Gerben Hulsegge's doctoral research, carried out by RIVM in collaboration with the Julius Center of University Medical Centre Utrecht.