Millions more people around the have high blood pressure. For many , doctors said high blood pressure started at a of 140 over 90. The American Heart Association (AHA) changed these . It said the disease should be treated . It said high blood pressure now starts at 130 over 80. Blood pressure is when your pushes blood around your . If this pushing is too , it puts stress on your heart and arteries. This can lead to heart attacks and . Normal blood pressure is than 120 over 80.
Health problems can happen at 130 over 80. The AHA said it is for people to have this level of blood pressure without . The new reading is "a light" that warns you need to your blood pressure, mainly without medicine. People with high blood pressure need to make changes. They should lose weight, exercise more, eat food, avoid and salt, quit smoking, and avoid stress. The reading of 130 over 80 means that 46 per cent of in the USA have high blood pressure. This is up from 32 per cent using the old .
