Does reducing sedentary behavior and increasing physical activity lower the risk of high systolic blood pressure in adolescents?
Lifestyle modifications such as reducing sedentary behavior and increasing physical activity may mitigate the risk of developing high systolic blood pressure in adolescents.
Boys are more likely than girls to develop high SBP as they approach adulthood. Even among overweight adolescents, reducing sedentary behavior and increasing physical activity may lower the risk of high SBP.
Dasgupta et al. (Tue,) studied this question.