How much do you know about blood pressure?
What does your sex have to do with high blood pressure? What about stress? Age? Your family tree? The answers may surprise you!
1. There is nothing you can do to prevent high blood pressure.
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False
2. If your mother or father has high blood pressure, you'll get it.
True
False
3. Young adults don't get high blood pressure.
True
False
4. High blood pressure has no symptoms.
True
False
5. Stress causes high blood pressure.
True
False
6. High blood pressure is not life threatening.
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False
7. Blood pressure is high when it's at or over 140/90 mm Hg.
True
False
8. If you are overweight, you are two to six times more likely to develop high blood pressure.
True
False
9. You have to exercise vigorously every day to improve your blood pressure and heart health.
True
False
10. Americans eat two or three times more salt and sodium than they need.
True
False
11. Drinking alcohol lowers blood pressure.
True
False
12. High blood pressure readings can become normal without medication.
True
False
Find out by taking our short quizzes on this topic and more.
1. There is nothing you can do to prevent high blood pressure.
True
False
2. If your mother or father has high blood pressure, you'll get it.
True
False
3. Young adults don't get high blood pressure.
True
False
4. High blood pressure has no symptoms.
True
False
5. Stress causes high blood pressure.
True
False
6. High blood pressure is not life threatening.
True
False
7. Blood pressure is high when it's at or over 140/90 mm Hg.
True
False
8. If you are overweight, you are two to six times more likely to develop high blood pressure.
True
False
9. You have to exercise vigorously every day to improve your blood pressure and heart health.
True
False
10. Americans eat two or three times more salt and sodium than they need.
True
False
11. Drinking alcohol lowers blood pressure.
True
False
12. High blood pressure readings can become normal without medication.
True
False
Find out by taking our short quizzes on this topic and more.
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