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What is Hypertension?
Statistics
Risk Factors
Lifestyle and Nutrition
Wild Card
100
Hypertension increases stress on this organ, due to high blood pressure in blood organs.
What is the Heart?
100
Approximate range in percent of Americans with High Blood Pressure.
What is 33%?
100
The recommended length of daily activity to help reduce the risk of high blood pressure.
What is 30 minutes?
100
The number one ingredient to avoid when taking a dietary approach to stop hypertension.
What is Salt or Sodium?
100
Atherosclerosis of the arteries can lead to these two urgent medical conditions.
What is Stroke and Heart Attack(Myocardial Infarction)?
200
This is the hardening of arteries due to overworking of the heart; increases the risk of heart disease and stroke.
What is Atherosclerosis?
200
In the United States, around this percentage of Americans with high blood pressure actually, have their condition under control.
What is about half or 50%?
200
The use of these two addictive substances can contribute to high blood pressure dramatically.
What are Tobacco and Alcohol?
200
The diet followed when trying to lower blood pressure.
What is DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension)?
200
The name of a mercury blood pressure monitor for taking blood pressures. Don't forget the proper medical name.
What is a Sphygmomanometer?
300
Blood pressure between 120/80 and 139/89.
What is Prehypertension?
300
These two ages are the average ages of onset of hypertension for men and women.
What is 45 for men and 65 for women?
300
A disorder of the metabolism that is linked with high blood pressure.
What is Diabetes?
300
If greater then these waist measurements, men and women are at risk.
What are 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women?
300
Switching to drinks without ______ and eating less _____ foods may decrease blood pressure.
What is caffeine and processed?
400
In a blood pressure reading, this signifies the pressure of blood against artery walls as the heart beats.
What is Systolic Pressure?
400
It's the approximate percentage of high blood pressure in the state of Alabama.
What is 40%
400
These 4 are Non-modifiable Risk Factors in Hypertension. Meaning that they are beyond your control.
What are Age, Family History, Gender, and Race (Ethnicity)?
400
High levels of this can increase your blood pressure, but taking some time think and "Woosah", can help reduce and eliminate this.
What is Stress?
400
The quickest, painless way to test for hypertension.
What is a blood pressure reading or check?
500
This is an interruption of blood flow to the brain by a clot or a ruptured vessel.
What is a Stroke?
500
In 2016, Heart Disease was considered the leading cause of death in the United States. This was #5.
What is Stroke?
500
This ethnicity is at higher risk of developing hypertension and developing it earlier in life.
What are African Americans?
500
These are the 2 recommended values for a glass of alcohol per day for women and men.
What is 1 glass/day for women and 2 glasses/day for men?
500
They are the 5 names of the people currently giving you this Hypertension presentation.
Who are Kristen West, Elaina Lambros, Rachel Bisese, Kourtney Rausch, and Issac Crittenden?